By Amy Butler abutler@aviationweek.com . NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. .
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ushered the F-35B out of the penalty box, after the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) version of the stealthy fighter was sidelined for poor performance for more than a year by prior Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Standing in a hangar in front of BF-4, one of two F-35Bs ...
