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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An F-35 takes off from a ship.

F-35 Takeoff

British Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray, with the F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., becomes the first pilot to take off using the ski ramp on Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 2018, shortly after he and another pilot landed aboard successfully for the first time.

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