Area 51's most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format. 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. 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. "An illustrated history of the U.S. military's development of secret spy aircraft at Groom Lake, a.k.a. Area 51"-- Provided by publisher. Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-187) and index.

Prologue: What is Area 51? -- How nowhere became somewhere -- The skunk works goes to Paradise -- Angels in the blue book -- Angels in red skies -- Angels at the turning point -- Imaging the Archangels -- Archangel over Area 51 -- The tagboard from the sorcerer's dungeon -- The blackbird -- MiGs over Tonopah -- From hopeless diamond to black jet -- Aurora, Black Manta, and things that went pulse in the night -- Whales, birds of prey, and the true deep black -- Send in the drones, watch for the beasts -- Epilogue: Still out there.