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The Top-Secret Warplanes of Area 51

Stealth jets? Hypersonic bombers? What's really being developed at the military's most famous classified base?

By Bill Sweetman Posted 10.01.2006 at 2:00 am 10 Comments

For a closer look at the exotic aircraft the Air Force might be cooking up at Area 51, launch the photo gallery.

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