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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A helicopter flies above an urban area as flares illuminate the sky.

Baghdad Overflight

An Army AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment conducts an overflight of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Dec. 31, 2019. Helicopters launched flares as a show of presence while providing additional security and deterrence against protestors.

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