Area 51 black jets

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The work Area 51 black jets represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Area 51 black jets

Statement of responsibility

Bill Yenne

Title variation

Area fifty-one black jets

Creator

• Yenne, Bill, 1949-

Subject

• Airplanes, Military -- United States -- History
• Area 51 (Nev.) -- History
• Area 51 (Nev.) -- Pictorial works
• HISTORY / Military / Aviation
• Aeronautics, Military -- Research -- United States -- History
• Research aircraft -- United States -- History
• TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History
• HISTORY / Military / Pictorial

Genre

• Pictorial works

Language

eng

Summary

• "Area 51's most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format. When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It's easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States' famed extension of Edwards Air Force Base has served as a top-secret CIA testing ground for many of the most groundbreaking advancements in American military aviation technology. In Area 51 - Black Jets, author and military historian Bill Yenne offers the first fully illustrated chronology of Area 51's most famous aircraft projects, including Lockheed's U-2 "Dragon Lady" and SR-71 "Blackbird" reconnaissance planes, drones ranging from the early Lockheed D-21 to the modern-day General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and the famous F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter produced by the Have Blue program during the 1970s. Each project is given its own fascinating chapter illuminating the aircraft's development at this famed location. But beyond the aircraft themselves, Area 51 - Black Jets also covers a handful of the many classified experimental programs carried out at Area 51 over the years, such as Have Doughnut, Have Ferry, and Have Drill--secret undertakings that successfully reverse-engineered such enemy aircraft as the Russian MiG during the Cold War. Presented in beautiful hardcover format and illustrated with historic color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and maps, this book reveals Area 51 for what it truly is: a clandestine area for the United States' most cutting-edge technological innovators in military aviation. "--
• "An illustrated history of the U.S. military's development of secret spy aircraft at Groom Lake, a.k.a. Area 51"--

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• Provided by publisher
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Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction