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βοΈππ"Janet: The secret US airline that flies to Area 51" by Aerospace Global News - One of the worst-kept secrets: workers at the secret USAF base at Groom Lake, Nevada #KXTA, a.k.a. "Area 51", commute to work from Las Vegas #KLAS on a military contractor airline. All we know for sure about it is they fly 737-600s and use the radio callsign "Janet". https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/janet-the-secret-us-airline-that-flies-to-area-51/ #military #aviation #travel #avgeek
So how do we know the airport code of the _secret_ Air Force base at Groom Lake #Area51 is #KXTA? That was a big #oops on someone's part in 2007. A routine aviation navigation database update was not scrubbed for classified material and... there it was. The story was broken by AOPA when pilots noticed it on #aviation GPS units. USAF response: "We know. It doesn't matter." π Student pilots needed to be taught not to use it as a waypoint. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2008/january/10/dont-ask-dont-tell-area-51-gets-airport-identifier #military #avgeek #history #WTF
FreddyB Aviation PhotographyI tired hard, really hard to get the pilot to land at KXTA on the outbound leg of a medical transport to KLAS with no luck #Avgeek #KXTA #Homeyairport #GITMObound
"Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces" by @TheWarZoneWire / @FranticGoat - USAFπΊπΈ Museum in Dayton acquired Ukrainian Su-27 last seen for sale in 2009. Likely was in aggressor training at Area 51 #KXTA. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/su-27-that-mysteriously-vanished-after-private-sale-resurfaces #military #aviation #avgeek
@cvvhrn Except with all the other trouble Lazar got in just after that story, it became obvious in hindsight he was desperate to invent a big distraction. But this month marks 15 years since we learned Groom Lake AFB's airport code #KXTA. https://avgeek.social/@ikluft/109708066932490811
Ian Kluft (@[email protected])
15 years ago: US Air Force forgot to clean up airport data before a periodic #aviation database update... Civilians learned airport code for Area 51/Groom Lake Air Force Base is #KXTA. Its existence was no longer secret. Article by AOPA: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2008/january/10/dont-ask-dont-tell-area-51-gets-airport-identifier #avgeek
15 years ago: US Air Force forgot to clean up airport data before a periodic #aviation database update... Civilians learned airport code for Area 51/Groom Lake Air Force Base is #KXTA. Its existence was no longer secret. Article by AOPA: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2008/january/10/dont-ask-dont-tell-area-51-gets-airport-identifier #avgeek