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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Minden Air Lockheed SP-2H Neptune tanker drops flame retardant on wildfires burning across Texas, April 19, 2011. The U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard have helped the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies contain the fires, which burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

A Minden Air Lockheed SP-2H Neptune tanker drops flame retardant on wildfires burning across Texas, April 19, 2011. The U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard have helped the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies contain the fires, which burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

A Minden Air Lockheed SP-2H Neptune tanker drops flame retardant on wildfires burning across Texas, April 19, 2011. The U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard have helped the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies contain the fires, which burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

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