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3 days ago

See inside Dwight D. Eisenhower's Air Force One, the only plane of its kind ever built

Columbine III, a unique Lockheed VC-121E, served as Eisenhower's Air Force One and is now on display at the National Museum of the Air Force.
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5 days ago

See inside Harry Truman's historic Air Force One plane featuring a stateroom and a cartoon eagle paint job

Harry Truman used The Independence, a Douglas VC-118 presidential plane (1947–1953), now on public display at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
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1 week ago

Photos show the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Bockscar, a B-29 Superfortress, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, contributing to Japan's surrender.
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2 weeks ago

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

SAM 26000 served as presidential Air Force One from 1962 to 1998, transported presidents and Kennedy's body, hosted LBJ's oath, and now resides in Dayton.
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