The Company Business

Declassification:......Page 3
Why Nevada?......Page 7
The CIA Did Not Hide the Existence of the Facility at Groom Lake Now Called Area 51.......Page 8
Adopting the Ways of the Past......Page 10
Adjusting to More Than One Tenant......Page 11
BookmarkTitle:......Page 12
Working at Area 51.......Page 15
Background:......Page 22
The Special Projects RCS site.......Page 24
Acquiring an Enemy Plane......Page 29
Secretly Exploiting a Foe’s Aircraft......Page 31
Loss of American Air Superiority.......Page 33
Combat Losses in SEA (South East Asia)......Page 34
Alternatively, Was it the Planes?......Page 35
The Air Force Foreign Technology Division......Page 36
Technical Evaluation of the MiG-21......Page 39
Test Environment and Procedures......Page 41
Calibrated test instruments installed for exploitation......Page 42
The MiG Cockpit......Page 44
Radar cross-section Evaluation of the MiG-21......Page 45
The Pilot Familiarization Flight......Page 47
A-4F Skyhawk......Page 51
The AIM Guided Missiles......Page 52
MiG Targets at Area 51......Page 53
Weapon targets for MiGs at Area 51......Page 54
Sortie Breakdown......Page 55
USN MiG-21 Findings......Page 57
AFFTC Lessons Learned......Page 67
ADC Comments on Project HAVE DOUGHNUT......Page 68
3-wheel Brake Concept.......Page 69
Putting Guns Back on the US Fighter Planes......Page 70
HAVE DRILL/HAVE FERRY TACTICAL......Page 73
Background of the MiG-17F Technical Exploitation......Page 74
The MiG-17F Pilots......Page 76
Technical Exploitation of the MiG-17F Fresco......Page 77
MiG-17 Performance, Stability, and Systems Evaluation......Page 82
Foreign Technology Division Cockpit Evaluation......Page 83
MiG-17 Combat flights at Area 51......Page 84
Radar cross-section Evaluations......Page 87
Operational Test Exploitation of the MiG-17F......Page 88
Discrepancies with the Engine Related Systems During the test:......Page 89
Flight Phase (HAVE FERRY)......Page 90
The HAVE DRILL and HAVE FERRY Maneuvers......Page 91
F-100 Versus MiG-17F Fresco C......Page 97
F-5A versus MiG-17F Fresco C......Page 99
F-105 Versus MiG-17-F Fresco C......Page 102
Navy Recommendations......Page 108
Tactical flight Summaries......Page 109
Maintainability (HAVE DRILL)......Page 110
MiG-17 Deficiencies Noted......Page 111
TAC Summary of The Test Program of The MiG-17F Fresco C......Page 113
Project HAVE PRIVILEGE......Page 115
Project HAVE PAD......Page 117
Project AQUILINE......Page 120
CONSTANT PEG and the Red Eagles......Page 122
Project HAVE GLIB......Page 127
US Designations and Fake Serial Numbers......Page 128
United States Navy TOPGUN......Page 130
United States Air Force RED FLAG Exercises......Page 131
Participating Countries......Page 135
The MiG Bandits of Nevada......Page 136
About the Author......Page 151
Other Books by the Author......Page 152