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A-12 60-6925, No. 122, mounted inverted for radar testing at Area 51. After development and production at Skunk Works, in Burbank, California, the first A-12 was transferred to Groom Lake test facility (Area 51). [16] On 26 April 1962 it was taken on its first (unofficial and unannounced) flight with Lockheed test pilot Louis Schalk at the ...
It contains numerous references to Area 51 and Groom Lake, along with a map of the area. [9] Media reports stated that releasing the CIA history was the first governmental acknowledgement of Area 51's existence; [53] [54] [15] rather, it was the first official acknowledgement of specific activity at the site. [50]
The airplane was en route to a classified destination referred to as "Watertown" (now known as the Area 51 test site in Nevada) from Burbank, California. There were 14 passengers and air crew on board from the U.S. Air Force, the CIA, and several government contractors who were working on the top secret U-2 spy plane project.
Famous aircraft such as the U-2 spy plane and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird were tested in the area, and some conspiracy theorists believe that is where the government does research on alien ...
In late 1957, the CIA approached the defense contractor Lockheed to build an undetectable spy plane. The project, named Archangel, was led by Kelly Johnson, head of Lockheed's Skunk Works unit in Burbank, California. The work on project Archangel began in the second quarter of 1958, with aim of flying higher and faster than the U-2.
SR-72. Photo: Lockheed Martin. Imagine a plane that's capable of traveling at Mach 6 and can fire hypersonic missiles at any target in the world, in less than an hour. According to Lockheed Martin ...
P-51 Mustang; F-6A, F-6B, F-6C, F-6D, F-6K all based on models of the P-51 Mustang. All F-6 aircraft retained their armament; missions were flown fully armed. Most F-6s were fitted with one K-24 oblique camera mounted behind the pilot in the cockpit and one vertical camera along centerline of the lower fuselage.
The $4 million plane, specifically designed to hunt for radiological weapons, or “dirty bombs,” left Long Island MacArthur Airport at 8:51 a.m. on Dec. 19 and arrived in Blair County, Pa., at ...