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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An aircraft launches over a body of water under a sunlit sky.

Sunlit Launch

A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft launches from the USS Tripoli in Japan, Mat 27, 2022.

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