Secretary Panetta presents a model of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the United Kingdom's Secretary Hammond
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta presents a model of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defense Philip Hammond at the beginning of a press conference in the Pentagon on July 18, 2012. The model exchange is a symbolic gesture that marks the delivery of the first actual aircraft to British forces in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 19th.