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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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.

AIRMAN'S GREETING

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.

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