Dark Eagles : a history of top secret U.S. aircraft programs /
Peebles, Curtis.
Dark Eagles : a history of top secret U.S. aircraft programs / Curtis Peebles. - Rev. ed. - Novato, CA : Presidio, 1999, �1995. - 353 p : ill; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The First Black Airplane: The XP-59A Airacomet -- 2. The Angel of Paradise Ranch: The U-2 Aquatone -- 3. The Archangel from Area 51: The A-12 Oxcart -- 4. Alone, Unarmed, Unafraid, and Unmanned: The Model 147 Lightning Bug -- 5. Orphaned Eagle: The Model 154 Firefly -- 6. The Last Blackbird: The D-21 Tagboard -- 7. The Dark Eagles of Dreamland: The Have Blue Stealth Aircraft -- 8. The Black Jet of Groom Lake: The F-117A Senior Trend -- 9. The Return of Black Reconnaissance: HALSOL and the GNAT-750 -- 10. The MiGs of Red Square: Have Doughnut and Have Drill -- 11. Still Black: The Enigmatic Shamu -- 12. Tales of Darkness and Shadows: The Illusive Aurora -- 13. Dark Eagles in a Changing World.
089141696X 9780891416968
Aeronautics, Military--Research--History.--United States
Airplanes, Military--History.--United States
Defense information, Classified--United States.
UG643 / .P31
Dark Eagles : a history of top secret U.S. aircraft programs / Curtis Peebles. - Rev. ed. - Novato, CA : Presidio, 1999, �1995. - 353 p : ill; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The First Black Airplane: The XP-59A Airacomet -- 2. The Angel of Paradise Ranch: The U-2 Aquatone -- 3. The Archangel from Area 51: The A-12 Oxcart -- 4. Alone, Unarmed, Unafraid, and Unmanned: The Model 147 Lightning Bug -- 5. Orphaned Eagle: The Model 154 Firefly -- 6. The Last Blackbird: The D-21 Tagboard -- 7. The Dark Eagles of Dreamland: The Have Blue Stealth Aircraft -- 8. The Black Jet of Groom Lake: The F-117A Senior Trend -- 9. The Return of Black Reconnaissance: HALSOL and the GNAT-750 -- 10. The MiGs of Red Square: Have Doughnut and Have Drill -- 11. Still Black: The Enigmatic Shamu -- 12. Tales of Darkness and Shadows: The Illusive Aurora -- 13. Dark Eagles in a Changing World.
089141696X 9780891416968
Aeronautics, Military--Research--History.--United States
Airplanes, Military--History.--United States
Defense information, Classified--United States.
UG643 / .P31