F-35A

F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter pilot wing commander Col. Andrew Toth from the 33rd Fighter Wing and production superintendent Master Sgt. Scott Grabham talk about his flight after flying a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012 Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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An F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., flies over the Emerald Coast Sept. 19, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter pilot Lt. Col. Mike Ebner, from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., preflights his jet before flying a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter crew chief Staff Sgt. Darron Cothran (left) and a Lockheed Maintainer from the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., pull the wheel chalks on the jet before taking off for a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

Silver Star hero

A framed Silver Star Medal and citation sits in the foreground as Rosalie Bacicia, back right, sister of the late Master Sgt. James Calfee, and Delton Kayga, a brother-in-law, look at documents about Calfee in Houston, Texas, Aug. 22, 2012. Calfee, who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal, was killed in action in Laos in 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

Silver Star presentation

Rep. Ron Paul, center, presents a Silver Star medal and citation to Rosalie Bacica, left, and Frances Arrington at a ceremony in Lake Jackson, Texas, Aug. 16, 2012. Bacica and Arrington accepted the posthumous award on behalf of their brother, Master Sgt. James Calfee, who was killed March 11, 1968, when the North Vietnamese Army attacked Lima Site 85, a top secret Air Force radar site in Laos. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Ron Paul)