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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two sailors are shown kneeling as an aircraft takes off.

Super Hornet Launch

Sailors monitor the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

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