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Enola Gay

Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy target in a war. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction.

Located at 38.9108, -77.4442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Individual aircraft of World War II, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, History of Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States bomber aircraft 1940–1949, Boeing aircraft, Manhattan Project, Individual aircraft in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution

Chantilly, Virginia

Chantilly is an unincorporated community located in western Fairfax County and southeastern Loudoun County of Northern Virginia. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place (CDP), the community population was 23,039 as of the 2010 census -- down from 41,041 in 2000, due to the splitting off of parts of it to form new CDP's including Greenbriar and Fair Lakes. It is named after an early 19th century mansion and farm.

Located at 38.8942, -77.4311 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Census-designated places in Virginia, Populated places in Fairfax County, Virginia, Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area

National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), located in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the CIA, NSA, DIA and NGA, to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. It designs, builds, and operates the spy satellites of the United States government, and coordinates the analysis of aerial surveillance and satellite imagery from several intelligence and military agencies.

Located at 38.882, -77.452 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National Reconnaissance Office, United States Department of Defense agencies, United States intelligence agencies, Mass surveillance, Organizations established in 1961

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The 760,000 square feet facility was made possible by a US$65 million gift in October 1999 to the Smithsonian Institution by Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, an immigrant from Hungary and co-founder of the International Lease Finance Corporation, an aircraft leasing corporation.

Located at 38.9114, -77.4441 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Aerospace museums in Virginia, Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia, American national museums in Virginia, Smithsonian Institution museums, Space Shuttle tourist attractions, Smithsonian Institution Archives related, Museums established in 2003, 2003 establishments in the United States

Franklin Middle School (Chantilly, Virginia)

Franklin Middle School is a public middle school in Fairfax County, Virginia. Although Fairfax schools generally are named after American authors, this school was named after Benjamin Franklin. The school was originally dedicated as Benjamin Franklin Intermediate School in 1984, and renamed to Benjamin Franklin Middle School in the early 1990s. It teaches seventh and eight grade, and as of September 2006, accommodates 925 students. The school colors are blue and white. It has four sports teams.

Located at 38.9111, -77.4215 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Public middle schools in Virginia, Schools in Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully Historic Site

Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation is in Chantilly, Virginia. The main house was built 1794–1799 by Richard Bland Lee, Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress first elected in 1789, as well as a brother of Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III and of Charles Lee, Attorney General of the United States under both George Washington and John Adams. He is also an uncle of Robert E. Lee.

Located at 38.8914, -77.4436 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Houses in Virginia, Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia, Lee family residences, Historic house museums in Virginia, Plantations in Virginia, Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia, Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia, Houses completed in 1799, National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia

Lees Corner, Virginia

Lees Corner is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Located at 38.9042, -77.4169 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Fairfax County, Virginia

Mitchell-Weeks House

The Mitchell-Weeks House is a "Potomac Valley style" log farmhouse first built in 1789. Descendants of builder Benjamin Mitchell lived in the house, located in Chantilly, Virginia just west of the intersection of Lee-Jackson Highway and Lee's Corner Road, until approximately 1940. Subsequent owners renovated and remodeled the house, but it currently preserves the Early American-era log front wall and stone chimneys.

Located at 38.8896, -77.4208 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Fairfax County, Virginia, Log house architecture in Virginia