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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

National Airborne Operations Center commander Army Col. David L. Molinelli, right, and Air Force Capt. Brian K. Phillippy, a communications control officer, scan data on a laptop computer July 24 aboard Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's E-4B aircraft during the secretary's recent trip to Central Asia and Iraq. Use of the converted Boeing 747 enables the secretary to conduct a variety of secure communications with senior government and military officials back on the ground. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

National Airborne Operations Center commander Army Col. David L. Molinelli, right, and Air Force Capt. Brian K. Phillippy, a communications control officer, scan data on a laptop computer July 24 aboard Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's E-4B aircraft during the secretary's recent trip to Central Asia and Iraq. Use of the converted Boeing 747 enables the secretary to conduct a variety of secure communications with senior government and military officials back on the ground. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

National Airborne Operations Center commander Army Col. David L. Molinelli, right, and Air Force Capt. Brian K. Phillippy, a communications control officer, scan data on a laptop computer July 24 aboard Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's E-4B aircraft during the secretary's recent trip to Central Asia and Iraq. Use of the converted Boeing 747 enables the secretary to conduct a variety of secure communications with senior government and military officials back on the ground. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

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