Skunk Works : A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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. This is the true story of America's most secret & successful aerospace operation. The chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations & Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering & human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are portraits of the maverick band of scientists & engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned. Filled with personal anecdotes & high adventure, with narratives from the CIA & from USAF pilots who flew the classified, risky missions, this book is a riveting portrait of spectacular aviation triumphs of the 20th cent.Rich, Ben R. is the author of 'Skunk Works : A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756772765 and ISBN 0756772761.