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

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An Israeli F-35 fighter jet
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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I visited the National Air and Space Museum's lesser-known second location. One exhibit stopped me in my tracks.

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The space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
The space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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The Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here's where the plane is now.

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The Enola Gay viewed from an elevated platform at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
The Enola Gay viewed from an elevated platform at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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Take a look inside the Air Force One plane that carried 8 presidents and brought home JFK's body from Dallas

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A blue and white plane on display in a museum, with
Eight US presidents flew on this Air Force One plane known as SAM 26000.

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Inside the National Air and Space Museum's 164-foot observation tower overlooking Washington, DC's largest airport

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The Donald D. Engen Observation Tower at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
The Donald D. Engen Observation Tower at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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Inside the restoration hangar where the National Air and Space Museum repairs and preserves historic aircraft for display

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A McDonnell F-4S Phantom II in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar.
A McDonnell F-4S Phantom II in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

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Photos show the luxurious, heavily fortified presidential jets world leaders use for official travel

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Boeing VC25 Air Force One
President Donald Trump posing for photo with law enforcement in front of a Boeing VC25 operating as Air Force One.

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See inside the E-4B 'Nightwatch,' the president's 'doomsday plane' that can survive nuclear war

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An E-4B plane.
Maintainers from the 595th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare the E-4B for flight as a visiting documentary production team loads onto the Nightwatch to film a local training sortie and air refueling mission from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., May 15, 2024.

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Don’t Listen to Tesla Fans on Social Media. FSD Did Not Just Prevent a Plane Crash

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