Major new Area 51 additions


Message posted by Chuck Clark on July 19, 2003 at 21:11:54 PST:

A new runway is nearing completion at our favorite secret base. Aligned on a heading that should result in a designation as Runway 7 / 25, the runway’s south end is near the southern cluster of hangars – formerly the A-12 hangars #9 through #16. The new runway is about 4250 feet in length and runs from the edge of the tarmac near the southern hangars to the edge of Runway 32R / 14L. Since it is unlikely that the military in planning on testing a fleet of new Cessna’s or opening a new general aviation airstrip, it would be a logical assumption that the new runway is intended to support a new (and apparently very aggressive) UAV design and testing program that will most likely be based in the former A-12 hangars.

In addition to the new runway, two very large new fuel tanks have recently appeared in the tank farm along with one or two new smaller tanks.


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