The aircraft used in the US military’s first strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, a strike which has drawn intense scrutiny and resulted in numerous Congressional briefings, was painted as a civilian aircraft and was part of a closely guarded classified program,

These 12 machines defined air superiority through record-shattering speed and advanced stealth. Experience the history of the world's most feared bombers, jets, and heavy lifters.

Some of the most capable aircraft ever flown by the U.S. military came with an unspoken cost: extraordinary logistical demands. From stealth bombers that required climate-controlled hangars to transports that consumed enormous maintenance hours,