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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