Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

Name: Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
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Rating: 4.7 (4879 reviews)
Author: Leo Janos

by Leo Janos

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4.7 stars from 4,879 reviews. Top 51% of book books we track.

385 pages~6.4 hr readPublished by Little, BrownPublished 1994-01-01

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Skunk Works is a history of Lockheed's classified aerospace division and its role in America's Cold War aviation programs. Ben Rich, who led the operation for nearly two decades, recounts the development of aircraft including the U-2 and the Stealth fighter. The book chronicles the scientists and engineers who worked on these projects, drawing on personal anecdotes, CIA narratives, and accounts from Air Force pilots who flew classified missions. It covers Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, documenting engineering achievements and the human effort behind major aviation developments of the twentieth century.

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