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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine holds a video camera while sitting in the open hatch of an aircraft in the air diagonal to a white fighter jet and parallel to a refueler aircraft's nozzle.

Framing the Flight

Marine Corps Cpl. Colin Thibault, a combat videographer, records a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft refueling an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in the skies off the coast of Japan, Aug. 19, 2026.

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