{"product_id":"9781627881296","title":"Area 51 - Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base","description":"\u003cb\u003eArea 51’s most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format.\u003c\/b\u003e When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It’s easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States’ famed extension of Edwards Air Force Base has served as a top-secret CIA testing ground for many of the most groundbreaking advancements in American military aviation technology. In \u003ci\u003eArea 51 – Black Jets\u003c\/i\u003e, author and military historian Bill Yenne offers the first fully illustrated chronology of Area 51’s most famous aircraft projects, including Lockheed’s U-2 “Dragon Lady” and SR-71 “Blackbird” reconnaissance planes, drones ranging from the early Lockheed D-21 to the modern-day General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and the famous F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter produced by the \u003ci\u003eHave Blue\u003c\/i\u003e program during the 1970s. Each project is given its own fascinating chapter illuminating the aircraft’s development at this famed location. But beyond the aircraft themselves, \u003ci\u003eArea 51 – Black Jets\u003c\/i\u003e also covers a handful of the many classified experimental programs carried out at Area 51 over the years, such as \u003ci\u003eHave Doughnut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHave Ferry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHave Drill\u003c\/i\u003e—secret undertakings that successfully reverse-engineered such enemy aircraft as the Russian MiG during the Cold War. Presented in beautiful hardcover format and illustrated with historic color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and maps, this book reveals Area 51 for what it truly is: a clandestine area for the United States’ most cutting-edge technological innovators in military aviation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zenith Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183079801072,"sku":"9781627881296","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781627881296_p0.jpg?v=1763868316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781627881296","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}