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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A plane takes off from the flight deck of a carrier.

Mitchell bomber

A U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25B Mitchell bomber takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, April 18, 1942, during the Doolittle Raid on Japan.

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