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Boeing 707 Special Air Mission 26000, a modified Boeing 707 used (1962–90) as Air Force One, the official U.S. presidential airplane, on its final flight, May 20, 1998, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.
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Boeing 707
Special Air Mission 26000, a modified Boeing 707 used (1962–90) as Air Force One, the official U.S. presidential airplane, on its final flight, May 20, 1998, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.
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