FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- Senior Marine Corps officials last week said the short take-off-and-vertical-landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will replace the service's aging fleet of AV-8B Harriers. Marine F/A-18 Hornets, however, might be replaced by a different F-35 variant designed for use on aircraft carriers. To date, the Marines have planned to buy 609 STOVL F-35s and no CV F-35s -- the carrier version the Navy is buying. But last week, officials said it is undecided what airplane...
