Seanethebrave..."To me, the B looks like it's a dead man anyway... and the recent slew of bad news being leaked, makes me think that delays are imminent (USAF/USN IOC 2020?)."
From recent news.....The Marine Corps on Wednesday took delivery of its first two F-35B strike fighter production aircraft. BF-6 and BF-8 arrived at Eglin AFB, Florida, from Lockheed's F-35 assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas. They are now assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing that runs Eglin's joint F-35 schoolhouse.
Thought the info might be of interest.
Daz