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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A government official in a suit chats with a pilot and looks at equipment in the cockpit of an aircraft.

Pilot Greet

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with pilots assigned to the 300th Airlift Squadron while aboard an Air Force C-17 en route to Panzer Kaserne, Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 10, 2025.

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