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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force airmen load communication equipment into a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on March 27, 2011. The aircraft transported equipment to Sendai, Japan, to support U.S. and Japanese relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi.

U.S. Air Force airmen load communication equipment into a C-130 Hercules aircraft.

U.S. Air Force airmen load communication equipment into a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on March 27, 2011. The aircraft transported equipment to Sendai, Japan, to support U.S. and Japanese relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi.

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