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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A helicopter flies in front of several cloud trails from flares it is firing in a blue sky.

Firing Flares

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk fires flares during an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean, May 3, 2018. Navy photo by Seaman Michael A. Colemanberry

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