Short on Pilots, Marines Debate Size of F-35 Fleet

By Paul McLeary

April 1, 2020

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WASHINGTON: The Marine Corps’ inability to recruit enough pilots has led the commandant to question the F-35’s place in the already budget-constrained Corps’ future plans, a potentially huge shift for the service that first fielded the Joint Strike Fighter and fought harder than any other service to build it and buy it.

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