Skunk Works

From the development of the U-2 in the 1950s to stealth technology in the 1990s, Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works tells the never-before-told story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, this chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned. Filled with telling personal anecdotes and high adventure, this book is a portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the 20th century.