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This happens when an aircraft carrier changes homeports.
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Boeing X-48B A glimpse into the future of military transport aircraft.
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Both XB-70 Valkyries together. A sight that will never be recreated.
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A closer look at the B-2 Spirit's stealth coating.
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One of the coolest features of the F-35 cockpit is its 20 x 8-inch panoramic display.
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The F-117 Nighthawk, loaded inside a C-5 Super Galaxy.
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An F-22 Raptor fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder during a live-fire weapons test.
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The F-35’s targeting system, hiding in plain sight.
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C-17 Globemaster III operating in winter conditions.
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A U.S Navy submarine surfacing through Arctic ice at the North Pole.
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The F-22 revealing the transonic effect.
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The underside of the B-2 Spirit.
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B-2 Spirit operating in winter conditions.
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Fictional aircraft. Real carrier.
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C-5 Galaxy in Alaska.
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Have Blue (1977). The stealth demonstrator that paved the way for the F-117 Nighthawk.
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102 built. 10 destroyed in aviation incidents. The B-52H Stratofortress.
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America's floating fortresses.
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Rare sight: Raptors in a row.
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The SR-71 Blackbird. 32 built. 12 lost.
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