Ben Rich: Skunk Works

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America’s most secret &amp, successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation’s brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering &amp, achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists &amp, engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned.

Filled with telling personal anecdotes &amp, high adventure, with narratives from the CIA &amp, from Air Force pilots who flew the many classified, risky missions, this book is a portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the 20th century.