Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

Skunk Works is the real narrative of America's most successful and covert aerospace organization, from the development of the U-2 to the creation of the Stealth fighter. It is the never-before-told tale of the high-stakes race to conquer the sky. The story of Lockheed's fabled Skunk Works, as told by Ben Rich, the operation's genius leader for over two decades, is a narrative of cold war battles and Gulf War air warfare, of remarkable feats of engineering & accomplishment against unbelievable odds. These are close-up shots of the unconventional group of engineers and scientists that gave the Skunk Works its notoriety. This book paints a picture of the most amazing aviation achievements of the 20th century and is full of thrilling personal tales and great adventure, as well as accounts from the CIA and Air Force pilots who flew the many dangerous, covert missions.