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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two F-35s flies over a military ship.

F-35 Flyover

British Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray and British Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Andy Edgell fly over Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 25, 2018. The pilots, both assigned to the Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., made history by being the first to land on the ship.

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