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<text id=90TT2872>
<title>
Oct. 29, 1990: A Flock Of Stealths
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Oct. 29, 1990 Can America Still Compete?
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 35
A Flock Of Stealths
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<body>
<p>By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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<p> Is the Pentagon already flying new variations on the Stealth
series of radar-fooling aircraft? Military aficionados think
they've spotted at least two new planes near U.S. testing
bases. One version is believed to be a prototype of the A-12,
a successor to the Navy's A-6 attack plane, which is expected
to cost some $60 million apiece. The plane has no vertical tail
surface, giving it the appearance of a manta ray, according to
one witness. Little is known about a separate aircraft being
tested in northern California, which spotters say appears to be
a successor to the F-117A fighter but is powered by a quieter
engine. The Air Force developed the F-117A Stealth jet in
complete secrecy and had 56 of them flying before their
existence was publicly announced.
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</article>
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