F-35 Pilots Getting Ready For Their Training Flights .... Or Maybe Not

The U.S. Navy variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C, conducts a test flight Feb. 11, 2011 over the Chesapeake Bay. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin via Getty Images)

USMC Near Start Of F-35 Training Flights -- Aviation Week

Top U.S. Marine Corps officials hailed progress on the next-generation F-35B fighter jet built by Lockheed Martin and said military training flights could be approved by late March or early April.

Assistant Marine Corps Commandant General Joseph Dunford said there was clearly “irreversible momentum” on the Marine Corps version of the new fighter jet, which came out from under the threat of cancellation in January, when the Pentagon took it off “probation” a year ahead of schedule.

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More News On Pilots Waiting To Train On Their F-35s

New fighter jet training stalls, grounding pilots -- Houston Chronicle/AP
F-35 Local Area Flights Could Start This Week -- Defense News
US Marines near start of F-35 fighter training flights -- Reuters
US Marines near start of F-35 fighter training flights -- Business Recorder

My Comment: It is clear that someone is not feeling comfortable with the many safety issues on the F-35 program.