Carter Visits Installations, Raytheon Facilities in Tucson, Ariz.

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • William H. Swanson, left, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Co., and Taylor Lawrence, right, Raytheon vice president, give Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center foreground, a tour of the company’s facilities by in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • William H. Swanson, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Co., center, and Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon vice president, brief Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter during his visit to the plant facilities in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter addresses about 400 Raytheon employees in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter speaks with William H. Swanson, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Co., left, shortly after delivering a speech to Raytheon employees while visiting Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo By Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter visits Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo By Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, left foreground, shakes hands with multinational F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft training students while visiting the Air Force's 162nd Fighter Wing at the Air National Guard Base on Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo By Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter talks with multinational F-16 training students while visiting the 162nd Fighter Wing at the Air National Guard Base on Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo By Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter receives a tour of the 612th Air and Space Operations Center on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter enjoys a bus tour of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. The facility has over 4,000 aircraft either mothballed or being serviced for return to duty. DOD photo By Glenn Fawcett
  • Retired aircraft sit in an airfield as Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter tours the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012. DOD photo By Glenn Fawcett