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	F-117 Nighthawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The USAF has always been more proud of its fighters than its ground-attack aircraft, which are sometimes denigrated as "mud movers." Officials may have felt that they could more easily generate political and military support for the radical new aircraft if it were called a "fighter" rather than a bomber or attack plane.
		The USAF maintains that the F-117A can carry air-to-air missiles, giving it air-to-air combat capability in addition to its primary air-to-ground mission.
		USAF officials once considered putting AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles on the F-117 — pilots were even trained to fire them — but there is no evidence that AIM-9s have ever been loaded aboard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/F-117_Nighthawk (2401 words)

	Air Force Plant 42 - Palmdale, CA
		Plant 42 has 3.2 million square feet of industrial space and has a replacement value of $1.1 billion.
		Air Force Plant 42 is at Palmdale, CA, north of Pasadena in Los Angeles County.
		AFP 42 is located in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, within the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert, approximately 80 miles north of Los Angeles.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/afp-42.htm (931 words)

	VAFEM- A Legend Of True Friendship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		USAF did not find this persuasive, in part because a two engine plane with one engine out is useless in combat, and the probability of an engine failure was nominally twice as high with two engines as with one.
		USAF was then in the uncomfortable position of having a lightweight fighter design that could outmaneuver and outrange its pride and joy, the F-15 air superiority fighter.
		USAF has used it heavily and successfully for air-to-ground in the 1991 Gulf war and all subsequent conflicts.
	o3.indiatimes.com /vafem (8201 words)

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		(In both the aviation press and from trusted sources I have heard that Plant 42 is used for testing of avionics on "fl" aircraft).
		The fence for the plant is here as well as a dandy parking area in the dirt.
		I got back on Avenue P, and turned north on 10th Street East, because the western edge of Plant 42 is where various aerospace contractors have their hangars.
	www.netwrx1.net /skunk-works/v04.n017 (1747 words)

	Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The USAF contracted for 59 aircraft, the last of which was delivered on the 12th July, this year.
		The USAF have stated that the aircraft is typically armed with a pair of 2,000 lb laser guided bombs, and that the full range of tactical fighter ordnance may be carried.
		The USAF have openly conceded that the B-2 is detectable by high power low band VHF surveillance radars, therefore it follows that the less sophisticated F-117A will also be detectable by such systems.
	www.ausairpower.net /Profile-F-117A.html (4137 words)

	Northrop B-2A Spirit
		By the time that the 509th was resurrected at Whiteman, the USAF had replaced the term "Bombardment" with "Bomb".
		On January 1, 1997, the USAF announced that the 509th's B-2As had reached a limited capacity to carry and release conventional weapons.
		On April 1 of that year, the USAF declared the 509th capable of handling both conventional and nuclear missions.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/newb2_1.html (4814 words)

	Israel's Nuclear Weapons
		The Counterproliferation Papers Series was established by the USAF Counterproliferation Center to provide information and analysis to U.S. national security policy-makers and USAF officers to assist them in countering the threat posed by adversaries equipped with weapons of mass destruction.
		In the 1990s when the NUMEC plant was disassembled, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission found over 100 kilograms of plutonium in the structural components of the contaminated plant, casting doubt on 200 pounds going to Israel.
		The USAF Counterproliferation Center was established in 1998 to provide education and research to the present and future leaders of the USAF, and thereby help them better prepare to counter the threat from weapons of mass destruction.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/cpc-pubs/farr.htm (10185 words)

	UFOS at close sight: top secret USAF research facilities
		Palmdale is the home of Air Force Plant 42, site of Lockheed-Martin's "Skunk Works" (Lockheed Advanced Development Co., on the west side of Plant 42), Northrop-Grumman's final assembly plant for the B-2 Stealth bomber, Rockwell, and other aerospace companies.
		Lockheed operations are located in two different parts of Plant 42 - large hangars and other buildings on the west side of the base, known as the Plant 10 Complex (the Skunk Works shown in the photo), and U-2/F-117 upgrade activities located in Site 7, northwest of Palmdale Air Terminal.
		It is not known what EGandG is doing at Plant 42, but it is supposed to be classified.
	ufologie.net /htm/plant42.htm (556 words)

	Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark - City of Palmdale, CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark - City of Palmdale, CA City of Palmdale
		Aircraft at the Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark
		First operational USAF aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight; operated by the USAF Thunderbirds and USAF Europe Skyblazers Flight Demonstration teams
	www.cityofpalmdale.org /airpark/aircraft-F100.html (134 words)

	Historic California Posts: Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale
		The concept for AFP 42 originated in the challenge of flight testing high performance jet aircraft over heavily populated areas.
		In 1951, the USAF purchased the site and awarded a contract to Lockheed Aircraft to develop the master plan for the site.
		Since then, the plant has supported facilities for the production, engineering, final assembly and flight testing of high performance aircraft.
	www.militarymuseum.org /AFPlant42.html (689 words)

	Project Have Blue, an Area 51 Special Project
		Lockheed workers assembled the two Have Blue aircraft in a cordoned-off area in Lockheed’s Plant 10 facility housed at the USAF Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
		However, Steve Pace claims the tail numbers ARE standard USAF serial numbers, and he includes a list of them in the appendix of his book.
		Therefore, the USAF decided to build a new secret base for the stealth bomber on the Tonopah Test Range, which sits on the northwestern corner of the Nellis complex.
	area51specialprojects.com /haveblue.html (8068 words)

	Rockwell B-1
		In addition, the contractors all agreed that some of the suggested USAF requirements either did not make much sense or else were prohibitively costly.
		The first B-1 flight aircraft (74-0158) rolled out from USAF Plant 42 at Palmdale, CA on October 26, 1974.
		It is now on display at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/newb1_1.html (2563 words)

	Groom Lake and USAF Plant 42 - (U-2, F-117A, B-2, Aurora, Area51, Lockheed, Northop)
		There are two 12,000 foot long runways at Plant 42.
		It has been reported that occasionally, Air Force C-5 and C-141 transport aircraft have been loaded with unknown cargoes (presumably disassembled aircraft) in the middle of the night from the big hangars in Plant 10, taken to the other runway, runway 7-25, and flown to unknown destinations.
		It is not known what EG&G is doing at Plant 42, but it is supposed to be classified.
	members.fortunecity.com /groom51/plant42.html (551 words)

	Ike's Marine Crash Fire Rescue Page1
		This Department was staffed by 42 USAF and 14 USMC Firefighters and during the 1966-67 period responded to over 7000 calls making it, for its size the busiest Fire Department in the world.
		It was a rainy and overcast day and unknown to the USAF firefighters, the F-8's narrow spaced landing gear and its skinny tires make them susceptible to hydroplaning and loss of control, therefore they must trap in the arresting gear.
		I left plant 42 in March 1997 due to a recurrence of a service related injury and moved back to MONTANA where I still reside.
	home.earthlink.net /~ffdiehl/ikescfrm.html (2888 words)

	Skunk works - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the Cold War ended in 1989, Lockheed reorganized its operations and relocated the Skunk Works to Site 10 at U.
		Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California where it remains in operation today.
		The term "Skunk Works" is a registered trademark of Lockheed Martin; the company also holds several registrations of it with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skunk_works (908 words)

	b-2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		It was not until 1988 that the major team members were publicly announced — Northrop, Boeing, LTV (Vought), Hughes, and General Electric.
		In their plants and around the country, major structural sections, components and systems for the B-2 were manufactured, then shipped to USAF Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, for final assembly, engine installation, and checkout.
		The public first viewed the B-2’s extraordinary shape and planform during the rollout on November 2, 1988.
	www.vought.com /heritage/products/html/b-2.html (497 words)

	F-117A Nighthawk
		In an effort to improve the combat effectiveness of the stealth fighter, test experts from the F-117 Combined Test Force at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., are working to expand what it brings to the fight.
		On April 2 2002, developmental test experts in Palmdale teamed up with their operational counterparts from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., to complete the second phase of a demonstration project designed to provide the F-117 and its pilots with the ability to receive and transmit mission and target data in real-time from the air.
		The test force works out of U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif, just south of Edwards.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/f-117.htm (5172 words)

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		I am in need of a copy of the most recent USAF T.O. Exterior Finishes, Insignia and Markings Applicable to USAF Aircraft If that isn't possible (though I really hope it is...) then If someone has it and could copy a few pages for me, I'd appreciate it as well.
		Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 11:43:18 -0700 Subject: USAF Special mission markings In a thread on one of the USENET groups people were talking about fl, unmarked helicopters.
		The USN & USAF have a lot of aircraft in low-vis grey paint schemes, & of course many of the USCS aircraft are fl...
	www.netwrx1.net /skunk-works/v04.n018 (2152 words)

	Boeing
		Construction documents also included modifications necessary to achieve code compliance for such areas as building corridors, existing, and ADA accessibility.
		Although, Boeing abandoned the Downey Plant before retrofit construction was undertaken, Cash and Associates provided follow-on assistance to potential developers and the City of Downey.
		Project examples include a new 12,500 square foot central plant (see Facilities - Central Plants); modifications to Buildings 41/41A structural test hangar to create a C-17 Aircraft Mission Control Sub-Subsystem Integration Laboratory; and structural engineering services to support various electrical upgrades.
	www.cashassociates.com /boeing1.htm (450 words)

	www.habu.org - Blackbird Airpark - 40th Anniversary Celebration
		The Flight Test Historical Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1983 to develop and support the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) Museum at Edwards AFB and its Blackbird Airpark Annex at USAF Plant 42.
		On Saturday, May 15th, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the SR-71A will be celebrated at the Blackbird Airpark, USAF Plant 42, in Palmdale, CA.
		Bob Gilliland, the Lockheed test pilot at the controls during the first flight, will be in attendance during the exciting event to greet the public and sign autographs.
	www.habu.org /museums/bbap/40thSR71.html (593 words)

	Sites near - GeoURL (2.0)
		Plant 42- Lockheed Skunkworks at explorer.altopix.com (7.0 km SW) Near Palmdale 2 more from explorer.altopix.com
		Great Circle Airport: PMD: Palmdale [Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42], CA, US (7.8 km SW) Near Palmdale
		Air Force Plant 42 (8.0 km SW) Near Palmdale 1 more from ludb.clui.org
	geourl.org /near?lat=34.66528&long=-118.01111 (97 words)

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		However, Lockheed did give the aircraft its own manufacturer’s serial numbers --1001 and 1002, meaning Plant 10/ aircraft numbers 01 and 02.
		According to Sweetman and Goodall, the tail numbers on the F-117A are NOT standard USAF serial numbers.
		However, questions directed to the Pentagon by the Press about the stealth fighter were met either with official denials or by a curt “no comment”.
	www.stealthskater.com /Documents/HaveBlue_01.doc (8313 words)

	Sites near - GeoURL (2.0) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Great Circle Airport: PMD: Palmdale [Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42], CA, US (0.1 km W) Near Palmdale
		Air Force Plant 42 (0.3 km SW) Near Palmdale
		Plant 42- Lockheed Skunkworks at explorer.altopix.com (0.9 km N) Near Palmdale 2 more from explorer.altopix.com
	geourl.org /near?lat=34.62944&lon=-118.08361&dist=2 (89 words)

	Deep Black: Stealth Aircraft Technology F-117 Combat Tactics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		However, Lockheed did give the aircraft its own manufacturer's serial numbers: 1001 and 1002, meaning Plant 10, aircraft numbers 1 and 2.
		These targets included: The Ministry of Defense, the Air Force Headquarters, the GID (Internal Security) Headquarters, the presidential palace and retreat, HAWK sites of captured American made Kuwaiti owned surface to air missiles, and a biological warfare facility that Iraq later tried to pass off as a "baby milk factory".
		On January 26, eight more F-117A's arrived in Saudi Arabia bringing the total number of stealth fighters in the theater up to 42.
	www.danshistory.com /f117.shtml (3259 words)

	Documents/Microforms CD_ROM, DVD Video List - University Libraries - USC
		Maps and data include dominant plant species, plant communities, terrestial wildlife species, wildlife habitats and land ownership and management.
		Generalized Water-Table and Water-Level Data at the U.S. Air Force Plant 42 and Vicinity, Palmdale, California, March-April 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4262, 1999 (CD-ROM) I 19.42/4:99-4262/CD Map and tables describing the water-level and water-table in and near the USAF Plant 42 near Palmdale, California, in 1997.
		It was originally developed for monitoring special status plants, which have some recognized status at the Federal, State, or agency level because of their rarity or vulnerability."
	www.sc.edu /library/pubserv/gdcdi.html (12212 words)

	Vacaville Chamber of Commerce
		Before moving to Vacaville, I spent two years in Antioch working for Brunswick Recreation Centers.
		Brunswick transferred me to Northern California from Lancaster California and before working for Brunswick I was a firefighter at the USAF Plant 42 Palmdale.
		I left after 20 years in the fire service and left as the Fire Chief.
	www.vacavillechamber.com /NewsItem.aspx?news=93 (179 words)

	Miscellanea #118: Janet History; Cybersuit Update
		The aircraft at that time were flown and crewed by Lockheed Aircraft Service Company employees based out of Ontario, California.
		These aircraft were based out of Palmdale California, at USAF Plant 42, next to the hangar where the space shuttle was built.
		The aircraft were loaded with passengers at Palmdale, then a short flight to Burbank for more and then on to that "secret place" in the desert.
	www.ufomind.com /misc/1999/aug/d16-001.shtml (2157 words)

	F-117A Nighthawk - Military Aircraft
		The capability to attack time-critical targets is expected to enhance the F-117's combat effectiveness in the future when targets are well-hidden, on the move, and fleeting.
		PILOT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES—F-117A - AIR COMBAT COMMAND INSTRUCTION 11-F117A VOLUME 3 - 3 MARCH 1995 -- [122kb PDF] This instruction, with its complementary Chapter 8, Local Operating Procedures, prescribes standard operational and weapons employment procedures to be used by ACC pilots when operating USAF F-117A aircraft.
		ANNEX F Common Solution/Concept List (U) Air Force Mission Area Plan (MAP) [as of 11 July 1997 - Rev 10] - Detailed and comprehensive Air Combat Command descriptions of weapon system modernization efforts required to satisfy known needs.
	fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-117.htm (2104 words)

	Great Circle Airport: PMD: Palmdale [Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42], CA, US
		Great Circle Airport: PMD: Palmdale [Palmdale Regional Airport/USAF Plant 42], CA, US Great Circle Airport: PMD
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	gc.kls2.com /airport/PMD (94 words)

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