General Anticipates Quick Deployment Of F-35, Possibly In 2016

A top U.S Air Force officer says the F-35 could be deployed next year as soon as it reaches initial operational capability, reports the Air Force Times.

"When you're at CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command), you don't request a specific jet, you request the capability," Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, the director of the F-35 integration office, said on Monday at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference outside of Washington, D.C. "When we declare IOC, the F-35 will be on the...