MCAS breaks ground on construction projects for Joint Strike Fighter

[cpasley]

http://www.yumasun.com/news/aircraft-71075-marine-corps.html

[Joe Copalman]

Kind of a gamble right now with the F-35B (rightfully) in jeopardy.  Guess they're hedging their bets on the Field of Dreams logic.

[Rob Silliman]

Or more likely the money was already programmed in the budget.  And if they didn't use it - they would lose it.

[Joe Copalman]

Oh, I'm sure the money was already there, but it seems like it would have been suspended with the rest of the program. 

[cpasley]

I wonder if the "B" model does fall through if this will transition over to "C" model operations since I read its already in the works that the Corp is getting a mix of both