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Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-71

Its classified Dude...



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Jimmy Durante with wings!

Yup,
We were called:
1. Snoopy
2. Jimmy Durante planes
3. Big Nose
4. Hound dogs
5. ARIA
Real name: Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
Originally" Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft as the Planes were for the Apollo Program

All I can say guys..."it was a Hell of a Job"
For reals!
 
All I can say guys..."it was a Hell of a Job"
For reals!

ANY flying job in the military was that way! Talk about big boy ****!!!!!! Who GETS to do such cool **** and get paid to do it?? Where else can one even go to get to do such cool ****! I dug every minute of my flying career. Long days sucked sometimes but that was a small price to pay.
 
I saw one of those fly into Selfridge back in the 90s.

Yup, a satellite entry "Pod" skipped off the atmosphere
The Pod carried camera data
"Catch a Falling star Program" Hawaii
My bud flew back on the Concorde with the data
 
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