Panetta: F-35 deploying to Iwakuni, Japan by 2017

Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the F-35 will be deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan by 2017.

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