Groom Lake ICAO designate KXTA
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Groom Lake ICAO designate KXTA
Finally Groom Lake has a name 
KXTA
Area 51 designated with a new name - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
Though mildly surprised the Air Force Times published this article
Would this be a first step in bringing the dark side into the light?
Then again if anyone has read the excellent book Never In Anger by Anthony 'Bugs' Bendall, there is a bit whereby the author is on exchange at Nellis training 'Thud' crews for deployment to Vietnam and one of his students has a problem in the air whereby both of them landed at an outpost of Nellis and saw the A-12 Oxcart for the first time pre public announcement.
Cheers
KXTA
Area 51 designated with a new name - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
Though mildly surprised the Air Force Times published this article
Would this be a first step in bringing the dark side into the light?
Then again if anyone has read the excellent book Never In Anger by Anthony 'Bugs' Bendall, there is a bit whereby the author is on exchange at Nellis training 'Thud' crews for deployment to Vietnam and one of his students has a problem in the air whereby both of them landed at an outpost of Nellis and saw the A-12 Oxcart for the first time pre public announcement.
Cheers
Last edited by chopper2004; 30th Dec 2012 at 12:10.
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Ok so it's been 4 coming up to five years and no GA allowed to land there have coffee or Capuccino with the retired Red Hats / Red Eagles 
lol
What's with the name of 'Homey' sound very homey would have thought named it something like LeMay AFB
lolWhat's with the name of 'Homey' sound very homey would have thought named it something like LeMay AFB
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Nope neither just thorough interviews without coffee but Bugs had hard time convincing he was a Brit on exchange across the road but once he mentioned a certain Air Commodore based in D.C then no more was said and returned to Nellis. In the book he states that his student was released a while (days?) later and looking worse for wear.
just thorough interviews without coffee but Bugs had hard time convincing he was a Brit on exchange across the road but once he mentioned a certain Air Commodore based in D.C then no more was said and returned to Nellis. In the book he states that his student was released a while (days?) later and looking worse for wear.
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A Brit? Britain knew about our secret spy plane? Was the student named Bond?
Hmmm wonder if I can plug KXTA into my mid course emergency alternate for V105 North? Shoot one and amble into old KXTA unannounced?
Hmmm wonder if I can plug KXTA into my mid course emergency alternate for V105 North? Shoot one and amble into old KXTA unannounced?
Last edited by Temp Spike; 30th Dec 2012 at 23:24.
