Plant 42 - Site 10: Lockheed Martin "Skunk Works" (Palmdale, California)
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Officially, Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs Division, the Skunk Works has been responsible for a number of innovative aircraft and ground-breaking technologies -- the U-2, the SR-71/A-12 Blackbird, the F-117A Nighthawk and the Sea Shadow stealth ship, to name a few. The originial "black ops" location.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°36'53"N 118°6'45"W
- Palmdale Regional Airport/United States Air Force Plant 42 3.7 km
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine 61 km
- Boron Pit 62 km
- Solar Energy Generating Systems III-VII 67 km
- Riverside Cement Factory (TXI Company) 71 km
- Solar Energy Generating Systems 8-9 83 km
- Mojave Solar Project 83 km
- The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System 262 km
- Photovoltaic power station 266 km
- Silver State North Solar Project 275 km
- Palmdale Regional Airport/United States Air Force Plant 42 2.9 km
- Irrigated Fields 7.4 km
- Farm 20 km
- Lake Los Angeles, California 25 km
- Rosamond Dry Lake 25 km
- Saddleback Butte State Park 29 km
- San Andreas Fault (Zone) 37 km
- Edwards Air Force Base 40 km
- Rogers Dry Lake 41 km
- Edwards AFB Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA) 49 km
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