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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An airman and three children look inside a cockpit.

Cockpit Coterie

William Paap and his father and sisters look inside the cockpit of an F-35A Lightning II aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., while participating in a pilot-for-a-day program, Nov. 20, 2018.

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