Dark Eagles; A History of the Top Secret U.S. Aircraft

by Curtis Peebles

• ISBN13: 9780743458368
• ISBN10: 0743458362
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-02-25
• Publisher: I Books

Summary

This extraordinary history of the nation's top-secret military aircraft spans from World War II to the Gulf War, and chronicles how these planes--called "Dark Eagles" because they were painted black--were developed, tested, and operated in secrecy.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The First Black Airplane: The XP-59A Airacomet	p. 3
The Angel of Paradise Ranch: The U-2 Aquatone	p. 18
The Archangel from Area 51: The A-12 Oxcart	p. 47
Alone, Unarmed, Unafraid, and Unmanned: The Model 147 Lightning Bug	p. 83
Orphaned Eagle: The Model 154 Firefly	p. 114
The Last Blackbird: The D-21 Tagboard	p. 119
The Dark Eagles of Dreamland: The Have Blue Stealth Aircraft	p. 135
The Black Jet of Groom Lake: The F-117A Senior Trend	p. 158
The Return of Black Reconnaissance: HALSOL and the GNAT-750	p. 199
The MiGs of Red Square: Have Doughnut and Have Drill	p. 217
Still Black: The Enigmatic Shamu	p. 244
Tales of Darkness and Shadows: The Illusive Aurora	p. 251
Invisible Horizons History, Stealth, and Innovation	p. 280
Notes	p. 293
Index	p. 341
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