The Marine Corps could absorb a possible delay in the Joint Strike Fighter initial operational capability by rearranging its existing F/A-18 contingent, the president's nominee for commandant of the Marine Corps told lawmakers today. Gen. James Amos told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his Sept. 21 nomination hearing that the Marines began an effort six or seven years ago to extend the lives of its Hornet fleet by calculating the types and amount of strain they have been under...
