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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Rodney Hall walks the wing of a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system during a preflight inspection in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 13, 2012. The 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, sent two C-130 Hercules cargo planes to California, where they fought fires at the direction of the U.S. Forest Service.

WING WALKER

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Rodney Hall walks the wing of a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system during a preflight inspection in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 13, 2012. The 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, sent two C-130 Hercules cargo planes to California, where they fought fires at the direction of the U.S. Forest Service.

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