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Flying over battlefield cliffs near Pointe du Hoc, in the Normandy, France, region, June 5, 2015, a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft practices maneuvers for 71st D-Day commemorative events. More than 380 American service members are participating in ceremonies for the remembrance of the allied invasion, June 6, 1944.

NORMANDY FLYOVER

Flying over battlefield cliffs near Pointe du Hoc, in the Normandy, France, region, June 5, 2015, a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft practices maneuvers for 71st D-Day commemorative events. More than 380 American service members are participating in ceremonies for the remembrance of the allied invasion, June 6, 1944.

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