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A helicopter fires flares while flying over the ocean.

Pacific Pageantry

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk fires flares during an aerial change of command ceremony near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 2, 2019.

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