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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An aircraft sits on the deck of a ship with another ship and a helicopter in the background.

Flight Prep

A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS America as the ship sails beside the Japanese destroyer JS Akebono in the East China Sea, April 10, 2020.

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