While the Pentagon imposes a review of the schedule for the jump-jet version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter amid debate over the feasibility of a December 2012 fielding date, the service's deputy commandant for aviation stressed today that the larger goal of initial deployment in 2014 remains on track -- and is more important overall. Lt. Gen. George Trautman told Inside the Navy in an interview at his Pentagon office that the first scheduled deployment of the short-take-off,...
