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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to 332nd Expeditionary Fighting Squadron takes off from the flight line at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on July 21, 2006.

F-16 takes off from Balad, Iraq

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to 332nd Expeditionary Fighting Squadron takes off from the flight line at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on July 21, 2006.

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