Aboard the plane, space is broken down to optimize war coordination ... nearly $160,000 per hour to fly the E-4B, making it the most expensive airplane the Air Force operates.

As the most important component of the fleet, aircraft carriers are key to American warfighting capabilities, especially in a potential war with China in the Indo-Pacific area of operations.

In one of the most dramatic videos, an F-35 crashed coming in for a landing on the USS Carl Vinson in January 2022. An ...

At around $30 million, it's one of the most expensive aerial-firefighting ... almost all the aircraft used to fight fires were retired or salvaged World War II aircraft. Tanks were strapped ...

The US Air Force's unquestioned aerial dominance does not come cheap. For the Air Force's 10 most expensive planes, operating costs per hour start at $58,059, and it only climbs from there.