"John S. Shinal" wrote:

In a recent thread on F-35 variants, I noticed that the Marine
Corps version doesn't appear to be CTOL for carrier ops, rather STOVL.

Will Marine squadrons eventually operate in the STOVL regime
from big decks, or what ?

If they need to, sure. There was a decision made a year or two ago that USMC and USN
aviation assets were to be combined, which made the marines think they would be forced
to buy some CV-versions of the F-35. I don't know what the current status of this
is.

Will JSF be a plane for plane, squadron for squadron swap with
both Harrier and Hornet operators ?

I imagine that depends on what happens with UCAVs.

Guy