Air Force: No known technical issues to prevent F-35 IOC this year

By Courtney Albon / June 17, 2016 at 3:48 PM
The chief of the Air Force's F-35 system management office at Air Combat Command said this week there are no known technical issues that should prevent the service from making an initial operational capability decision this year. The Air Force is eyeing an F-35A IOC declaration sometime between August and December -- a decision that will be made by the chief of Air Combat Command. Col. David Chace, head of the office in charge of tracking IOC requirements for the...

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