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From: wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Aurora
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Date: 14 Aug 90 03:46:23 GMT
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From: wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
>>From: G_AHRENDT@VAXA.CC.UWA.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt)
>I read that Lockheed's F-19A Aurora is stationed at the USAF Base Nellis in 
>Nevada, any confirmation of this?
	Gunter, Aurora is a very "black" (extremely secret) project.
	As such, I doubt if it will be seen around Nellis for some
	time to come.  I also doubt very much that it has the F19
	designation.  So far as what is generally known, the F19
	is a non-existant designation, as far as anything operational
	is concerned.  The "F" would indicate a fighter-type of
	aircraft, while Aurora is supposed to be a dedicated
	reconaissance platform.

	The F117a Stealth Fighter (not to be confused with Aurora)
	HAS been at Nellis, and in fact might have been more
	permanently assigned there so that the Tonopah Test Range
	can be used for Aurora....not confirmed, YET.

Duane