The B-52 shot down Vietnamese fighter jets in historic dogfights. Here's how the US Air Force plans to keep its oldest bomber in the skies for over a century.

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A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.
A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.

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See the campus protests over the last 6 decades that dwarf the Gaza protests in size and disorder

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A group of women demonstrate against the Vietnam War on the campus of University of California Berkeley holding a sign that says
A group of women demonstrate against the Vietnam War on the campus of University of California Berkeley.

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The US Navy's new floating base for Marines and Navy SEALs is named for a Vietnam war hero

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USS John L. Canley in San Diego Harbor.
USS John L. Canley in San Diego Harbor.

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How a Vietnam vet saved his second marriage and overcame years of PTSD with help from MDMA therapy

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Compass Pathways is running a massive clinical trial that will likely help it turn a psychedelic substance into an approved medicine.
MDMA, like psilocybin mushrooms, is being investigated as a potentially therapeutic drug.

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Inside Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US military campaign that dropped 2 million tons of bombs on Laos over 9 years

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A boy runs past rusted halves of cluster bomb shells and other military hardware in a scrap metal shop along the main street in Phonsavanh, Laos.
A boy runs past rusted halves of cluster bomb shells and other military hardware in a scrap metal shop along the main street in Phonsavanh, Laos.

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How Daniel Ellsberg, who died at age 92, went from being a disillusioned member of the government-military elite to a hero of anti-war movements

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Former Pentagon employee Daniel Ellsberg poses for photographs in central London, November 1, 2004.

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