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Marine Corps Lt. Col. Fred "Tinman" Schenk, right, explains the Joint Strike Fighter manned flight simulator to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta during the secretary's visit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 20, 2012.

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Fred "Tinman" Schenk, right, explains the Joint Strike Fighter manned flight simulator to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta during the secretary's visit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 20, 2012.

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Fred "Tinman" Schenk, right, explains the Joint Strike Fighter manned flight simulator to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta during the secretary's visit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 20, 2012.

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