The Marine Corps will be "stretched thin" on spare parts during its first-ever Joint Strike Fighter operational deployment to Japan because of funding cuts the Navy and Congress made two years ago, according to a program official. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, F-35 program executive officer, told reporters during a Feb. 10 roundtable in Arlington, VA, that Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis has "legitimate concerns" about the service's F-35 spare parts inventory, which Davis...
