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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signs the wheel well of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 20, 2012. It is tradition within the pilot community to have distinguished visitors sign in the wheel wells of their aircraft.

PANETTA SIGNATURE

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signs the wheel well of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Jan. 20, 2012. It is tradition within the pilot community to have distinguished visitors sign in the wheel wells of their aircraft.

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