Skunk Works

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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned.

subjects: Aeronautics,  Aeronautics, Military,  Career in aeronautics,  History,  Lockheed Advanced Development Company,  Lockheed aircraft,  Military Aeronautics,  Research,  Aeronautics, history,  United states, history,  Erlebnisbericht,  Geschichte 1945-1994,  Lockheed Corporation,  Aeronautics, research,  Lockheed airplanes,  Aeronautics, biography,  Aerospace & air transport industries

People: Ben R. Rich

Places: United States,  Soviet Union,  Korea

Times: 1950's - 1990's