The Marine Corps plans to deploy its first squadron of F-35B Joint Strike Fighter short-take-off, vertical-landing aircraft in 2014, and the service will have the first of the latest Block 3 versions of the aircraft by then, Lt. Gen. George Trautman, deputy commandant for aviation, told the Senate Armed Services airland subcommittee today. The Corps still plans to achieve initial operational capability for the STOVL, which just had its first vertical flight test last month, in December of 2012 with...
