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Warzone/The Drive: Censored Craft Near Hangar Appears In Satellite Image Of Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport
The storied base that has hosted many top-secret programs seems to have had its picture taken at an inopportune time, a mistake that was fixed later.
Tonopah Test Range Airport has deep roots in clandestine air operations. From housing America's captured Soviet fighter force during the Cold War, to being the home of the F-117 during the program's top-secret operational years, with the type later returning there for its peculiar post-retirement era, the base has captured the imaginations of aerospace aficionados, albeit to a lesser degree than its sprawling and even more remote and guarded neighbor to the south, Area 51.
In recent years, the base is known to have hosted RQ-170 Sentinel stealth reconnaissance drones, as well as foreign air defense systems and other weaponry. It also serves as a launch site for testing upgrades made to special operations aircraft among other functions. Even successors of the Army's 'Stealth Hawk' helicopters are rumored to operate from the installation and there has been much speculation that advanced unmanned systems, namely unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAVs), currently call the base home. The reality is that if anywhere is going to support a small force of highly classified but operational aircraft, it's Tonopah.
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WNU editor: From what I can see, that image is just a blur.
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