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The presidential plane with its own operating table

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When the commander-in-chief takes to the skies, they don't rely on a standard first aid kit. The custom Boeing holds a full operational pharmacy and an active operating table, just in case someone needs immediate invasive surgery while hurtling through the stratosphere at six hundred miles per hour.

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