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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A boy sits in a helicopter cockpit while a pilot kneels outside of it and shows him something on the control panel.

Copter Controls

An Army aviator shows a 5-year-old the cockpit of AH-64 Apache helicopter during an open house as part of the Arctic Thunder air show at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 29, 2018. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña

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