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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An aircraft takes off from a ship.

Doolittle Departure

A U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell medium bomber, one of 16 involved in the Doolittle Raid, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Hornet for an air raid on Japan, April 18, 1942.

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