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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Three flares fire in the sky adjacent to a fighter jet flying below a tanker aircraft.

Air Flares

An Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft deploys flares while flying away from a KC-135 Stratotanker after an aerial refueling in the skies over Iraq, March 16, 2018. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Labbe

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