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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A woman in a pilot's uniform and gear holds a helmet under her arm in front of a fighter jet.

Pilot Pose

Then-Capt. Sherrie McCandless, an Air Force pilot, poses in front of an F-16 Fighting Falcon in the mid-1990s.

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