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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man waves from the window of a B-29 bomber.

Enola Gay B-29

Army Air Forces Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr. waves from the cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay before he took off to drop the first atomic bomb used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945.

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