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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Smoke billows under the fuselage of a fighter jet preparing to take off from the deck of a navy ship, as a sailor wearing a green and white vest and helmet watches from the edge of the deck.

Lightning Launch

A Navy F-35C Lightning II jet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 86, launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean, June 16, 2026.

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