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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Five identical aircraft fly diagonally on top of one another in a blue sky.

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Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Thunderbirds, the service's flight demonstration squadron, fly in formation at Joe Foss Field, S.D., July 16, 2026. The Thunderbirds arrived in Sioux Falls to headline the air show, Power on the Prairie.

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