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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Dozens of aircraft fly in formation against a grey sky.

Flying Fortresses

B-17 “Flying Fortresses” aircraft, of the 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, fly over Germany, March 18, 1944. Many of these aircraft were built by women in the United States.

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