Air Force Plant 42
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| A major Air Force aircraft development and construction facility, with over eight million square feet of covered space. Contractors with substantial structures at the site include Northrop-Grumman, Rockwell/McDonnell Douglas/Boeing, NASA, and Lockheed-Martin's Skunk Works. Aircraft developed here include the B1-B bomber (Rockwell), B-2 stealth bomber (Northrop), SR-71 surveillance aircraft (Lockheed) and, currently, several UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) models. EG&G operates an terminal inside the base, providing air transport to other aerospace R&D centers such as Groom Lake (Area 51). |
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80 NE of Los Angeles, in Palmdale
(POINT(-118.0865478515 34.6282196044))
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Palmdale CA, 93550
Los Angeles County |
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| Not open to the public, but the Palmdale Airport uses a portion of the base and can be accessed via a public roadway flanked by fencing. At the southern gate, on the north side of Avenue P at 25th Street East, is the Blackbird Airpark static display. Also see the employee store at Skunkworks. Plant 42 can be circumnavigated on public roads, and much can be seen in the process. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-42.htm
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Aerospace R&D, Military
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