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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An air-cushioned landing craft moves through the water.

Balloon Recovery

Sailors operate an air-cushioned landing craft during recovery efforts of a high-altitude surveillance balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023. U.S. fighter aircraft under U.S. Northern Command authority brought down the balloon within sovereign U.S. airspace and over U.S. territorial waters on Feb. 4.

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