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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Five A-10 aircraft line up beside each other on the tarmac with their cockpits open. No pilots are in them.

Thunderbolt Line

A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft line up on the flight line of Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq awaiting pilots. The aircraft are part of the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., which deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk air bases in 2003.

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