The aerial refueling aircraft used in Operation Epic Fury were created from a single $16 million Boeing prototype. See the 'Dash 80.'

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The Boeing 367-80.
The prototype for the 707, the Boeing 367-80, shown here, was named by the Smithsonian Institution as "one of the 12 most significant aircraft of all time."

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The US fight with Iran is putting new stress on Patriot missile stockpiles already under heavy strain

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Trump muses about wars being fought 'forever' after saying the Iran conflict could last longer than 5 weeks

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President Donald Trump forms a fist and holds it in the air before he boards Air Force One.
Trump has said that the US-Israeli war with Iran could last four to five weeks, but that he was prepared for it to go on for longer.

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Sam Altman says OpenAI will tweak its Pentagon deal after surveillance backlash

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OpenAI is amending its contract with the Pentagon after public backlash.

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The US Embassy in Riyadh was attacked by 2 drones, Saudi Arabia says

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Riyadh skyline
The US Embassy in Riyadh was struck by drones, Saudi officials said.

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Satellite image shows Iran's largest naval vessel, a tanker-turned-base ship, smoking in port

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The Iranian warship Makran on fire in Bandar Abbas.
The Iranian warship Makran on fire.

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Airlines are being squeezed into this sliver of sky as much of the Middle East joins Russia on the airspace no-fly list

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Flights heading toward the Caucasus corridor.
Airlines that can't use Russian — and now Iranian airspace — are funneling through the Caucasus corridor. The region also saw increased traffic during previous Iranian conflicts.

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How the US and Israel weakened and blinded Iran to take control of its skies in the opening hours

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An EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 1, 2026.
An EA-18G Growler prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Sunday.

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Israel struck Iran with F-35I Adir stealth fighter jets that cost $44,000 per hour to fly

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A F-35 fighter jet flies during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023.

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Claude hits No. 1 on App Store as ChatGPT users defect in show of support for Anthropic's Pentagon stance

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Several AI applications can be seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek.
Anthropic's Claude has seen an influx of users defecting from ChatGPT

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