F-35 News Updates -- March 12, 2012

Major Mike Rountree, (C) a marine fighter attack training officer, shows naval flight students a U.S. Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Jet during a roll-out ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, February 24, 2012. Michael Spooneybarger / Reuters

F-35 Boss: We’ll Fix The Jet — Just Let Us Do It -- DoD Buzz

F-35 Lightning II program boss Vice Adm. David Venlet is bullish about the prospects for his super-jet, but he argues that he needs time and space to get all the kinks worked out.

Venlet told a defense conference last week that he can fix all those things you’ve heard about that are wrong with the different flavors of the F-35 — and some you may not have heard about — but he must be permitted to get on with it. More delays, restructuring or other changes would just gum up the works. His remarks were quoted in a note circulated Monday by the sponsors of the conference, Credit Suisse and defense consultant Jim McAleese.

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More News On The F-35

U.S. delays will raise F-35 fighter price, Japan deal unchanged -- Defence Web/Reuters
Canadian Officials Briefed About Effect of U.S. Production Slowdown of the F-35 – Cost to Rise in the Short Term -- Ottawa Citizen
The Rocky Ascent of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 -- Investor Place
F-35 program boss upbeat about fixes, foreign buyers -- Stars and Stripes
US Air Force sees delay in operational use of F-35 -- Defence Web
U.K. Reviewing Lockheed’s F-35B Model, U.S. Official Says -- Bloomberg
Lockheed builds data farm to house AF flight testing -- Washington Technology
F-35's launch first step to future air dominance -- Dvids
First F-35 Flight Launch Means First Step Toward Future Air Dominance -- Defpro
Fuel Leak Thought to Be Behind Abort of F-35 Flight – First Sortie a Milestone for the Program Says U.S. Air Force -- Ottawa Citizen
First U.S. Air Force F-35 Pilot Training Sortie Cut Short -- Bloomberg
First flight by F-35 training unit curtailed by fuel leak -- Flight Global
F-35 Key Performance Perimeters (KPP) and Feb 2012 CRS report -- Eric Palmer Blog
The Lexington Institute and F-35/Syria propaganda -- Eric Palmer Blog
Lifetime cost to run F-35 fighter: about $1 trillion -- Reuters