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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Flight deck crewman assigned to Air Department's V-4 division stand by to hot-pump an aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on March 26, 2008. Hot pumping is refueling the aircraft while the engines are still running.

Flight deck crewman stand by to hot-pump an aircraft.

Flight deck crewman assigned to Air Department's V-4 division stand by to hot-pump an aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on March 26, 2008. Hot pumping is refueling the aircraft while the engines are still running.

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