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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gets a briefing from the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress during his Dec. 1, 2008, visit to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., home of the 91st Missile Wing and 5th Bomb Wing.

COCKPIT BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gets a briefing from the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress during his Dec. 1, 2008, visit to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., home of the 91st Missile Wing and 5th Bomb Wing.

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