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Area 51 spy plane and other aviation tales

By Thom Patterson, CNN • Updated 5th February 2014
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One of the Vietnam War's "greatest feats of airmanship" took place in 1972 aboard this C-130E Hercules.
One of the Vietnam War's "greatest feats of airmanship" took place in 1972 aboard this C-130E Hercules.
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American ex-POWs celebrate leaving North Vietnam in 1973 aboard a C-141 Starlifter dubbed the Hanoi Taxi.
American ex-POWs celebrate leaving North Vietnam in 1973 aboard a C-141 Starlifter dubbed the Hanoi Taxi.
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