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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A plane fires flared mid-air.

Flare Fire

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft deploys flares as part of an operational readiness exercise at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 17, 2018.

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