No longer just a technology demonstration program, the aircraft will be deployed as a multiservice strike fighter to replace F-l6s, AV-8Bs and F/A-18s
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Delays Force NASA to Juggle Launches
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER NASA officials decided to push back the next shuttle flight to Mir by at least a week and try yet again to launch Columbia on a microgravity research mission to lessen the impact of that mission's string of delays on next year's shuttle schedule.