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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A person in a crane hovers over the rear of a military aircraft at night to blow deicing solution onto the wing, while white smoke-like plumes rise into the air as the solution makes contact with the plane.

Fit for Flight

Air Force Airman 1st Class Naim Haji, an aerospace propulsion journeyman assigned to the 23rd Bomb Generation Squadron, deices the horizontal stabilizer of a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 22, 2026.

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