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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor kneels down pointing toward the right as an aircraft passes.

Thailand Takeoff

A sailor directs an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft to take off from the flight deck of the USS America in the Gulf of Thailand, Feb. 29, 2020, during Cobra Gold, the largest theater security cooperation exercise in the Indo-Pacific region.

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