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The Senior Citizen Program –“The Aurora”
Aritst’s rendering of the Aurora Aurora (also credited as the SR-91 Aurora) is the popular name for a hypothesised United States reconnaissance aircraft, believed by conspiracy theorists to be capable...
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Air Force History
This section deals with reports and records pertaining to Air Force History. The time periods of the documents range from the creation of the USAF in 1947, to date. Air Force Histories NORAD / CORAD...
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Project Pluto – Nuclear RAMJET Engines
Background Project Pluto was a United States government program to develop nuclear powered ramjet engines for use in cruise missiles. Two experimental engines were tested at the United States...
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Operation Looking Glass – Airborne United States Command and Control Center
Background Looking Glass (or Operation Looking Glass) is the code name for an airborne command and control center operated by the United States. It provides command and control of U.S. nuclear forces...
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Summary of Information Developed on the Navy’s F-111B Aircraft, June 20, 1967
Background The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a supersonic, medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic nuclear bomber, aerial reconnaissance, and...
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Project Whale Tale – Launching the U-2 from an Aircraft Carrier
Background DAYTON, Ohio – U-2 aircraft carrier tail hook and “Q-tip” on display in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) In the 1960s, U-2s could not...
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NACA Conference on Turbojet Engines for Supersonic Propulsion, October 8-9, 1953
Introduction Excerpt from the document: This document contains papers related to the NACA Conference on “The Turbojet Engine for Supersonic Propulsion” held at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory...
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The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
Background According to Wikipedia: The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is a heavy bomber aircraft under development by Northrop Grumman. As part of the Long Range Strike Bomber program (LRS-B), it is to...
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. Background An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs come in two varieties: some are...
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B-47B/F-86L Aircraft Mishap Report, 5 February 1958
Background The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near...
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The U-2 Program
Background The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed “Dragon Lady”, is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency. It...
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CONTINUOUSLY CIRCULATING FISSIOCHEMICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT APPLICABLE TO...
Background The primary goal of this program was to design, develop, construct and operate a continuous in-reactor hydrazine production loop using the fissiochemical process. Direct support for the...
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Air to Air Supersonic Pilotless Aircraft, Army Air Forces Project MX-800,...
Background Project MX-800 is a nine month study and research program calling for “investigations in connection with the development of a supersonic air-to-air pilotless aircraft for use as a guided...
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Report of the Naval Research Advisory Committee Panel on Laser Eye...
Background The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) Panel was requested to undertake a rapid review of the laser threat to Navy and Marine Corps aviation to reassess the threat, the adequacy of...
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Project Oxcart
A-12 Sketches – Source: CIA Background In 1959 the CIA selected Lockheed’s A-12 over a Convair proposal called KINGFISH. On 26 January 1960, the CIA ordered 12 A-12 aircraft. After selection by the...
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Hypersonic Technology for Military Application, July 1998
Background From the report’s abstract: “With the current interest in and potential for hypersonic flight, there is a need to determine the Air Force and for the nation the RD approaches required to...
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AI Copilot: Air Force Achieves First Military Flight with Artificial...
The following was a press release by the U.S. Air Force on December 16, 2020. Maj. “Vudu”, a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, prepares to taxi after returning from a...
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Continental Air Command (ConAC) Histories
Background Continental Air Command (ConAC) (1948–1968) was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF) responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve....
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The Strategic Air Command (SAC) Histories
Background The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and a “specified command” of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational...
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Aircraft in Air Defense, 1946-1960 by Richard McMullen (ADC Historical Study...
Background Here are the notes, as listed on the microfilm for this record, as written by the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA): “Recognized requirement for night fighter aircraft prior to...
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Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) Document Collection
Background The Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for Air Force historical documents. The Agency’s collection, begun in Washington, DC, during World War II, moved in 1949 to Maxwell...
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Operation Pinball/the USAAF’s Secret Aerial Gunnery Program of WWII
Background The following book is found within the Air Force Historical Research Agency’s holdings. The company that bought out the original publishing company was contacted by The Black Vault. They...
View ArticleThe AFHRA Collection: A 468,170 Page Air Force History Archive
The following is a collection archived here at The Black Vault, in collaboration with another researcher who for now, will remain anonymous. The Black Vault has digitally preserved online his MANY...
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Foreign Technology and Analysis Reports on Parachutes and Aerodynamic...
The following is a list of documents requested and received after a FOIA appeal. Document Archive Foreign Technology and Analysis Reports on Parachutes and Aerodynamic Decelerators, NASIC [28 Pages,...
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DARPA Selects Aurora Flight Sciences for Phase 2 of Active Flow Control X-Plane
Goal is to develop and fly a demonstrator aircraft without using external mechanical flight controls Note: The following is a press release sent out by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
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