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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Air Force personnel use torches to set a dry grassy field on fire.

Prescribed Burn

Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Center use torches to set a grassy field on fire as part of a prescribed burn at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., March 3, 2021. Prescribed burns lessen the risk of catastrophic wildfires by reducing combustible content such as dead vegetation.

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