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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus sits in the cockpit of a U.S. Marine Corps STOVL F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth, Texas plant, Dec. 18, 2009.

LIGHTNING TOUR

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus sits in the cockpit of a U.S. Marine Corps STOVL F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth, Texas plant, Dec. 18, 2009.

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