ROADRUNNERS INTERNATIONALE

Preserving the history of the aviation pioneers and programs
that developed the U-2, A-12 and YF-12 during the Cold War. The high water marks of aeronautical development
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This site is dedicated to the memories of our band of brothers, especially those we lost in the CIA U-2 and A-12 Projects Aquatone and OXCART at Groom Lake, and during Operation Black Shield at Kadena, Okinawa.
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WEBMASTER NOTE:

The content herein relating to Project Oxcart and Operation BLACK SHIELD was formerly classified TOP SECRET-OXCART, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., 15 January 1968. Depicted on this web site are activities of Project OXCART and Operation BLACK SHIELD declassified starting 14 December 1998 through September 2007. Regarding the U-2 spy plane, this web site as factually as possible covers the declassified activities of the CIA phase of the U-2 era.

Welcome to our Roadrunners Internationale Website

We have categorized out website and posted the drop menus below to ease access to the thousands of declassified pages and photos depicting our Groom Lake Cold War legacy. The Roadrunners are participating in the UNLV Cold War Oral History project. Check it out at the Cold War Stories link below. To support our mission of establishing and maintaining our previously top secret legacy we welcome submission of declassified photos and stories related to our Cold War activities.

Tour our site through the drop-down menus in each of the categories below:

For more on Groom Lake and other declassified projects visit the Area 51 Special Projects web site


BULLETIN BOARD
logo10-10-09 The Roadrunners have concluded a very successful 2 days of public symposium appearances at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas 5-8 Oct. for the first ever public reunion of the Roadrunners.Atomic Testing MuseumA bit about the symposium can be read at this article by the Las Review Journal. and Roadrunner News
The symposium panel video recorded by C-Span 3 can now be viewed at CIA Spy Planes Symposium
Roadrunner President TD Barnes and NNSA Scientific Advisor Robert Friedrichs have formed the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame to educate the public and honor the aerospace pioneers in the state of Nevada. NVAHOF
Additional information about Groom Lake can be found at:Dreamland Resorts

Roadrunner author Thomas Briggs announces the book coverrelease of his latest book:"Cash on Delivery: CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos". More about the book can be seen at Thomas Briggs and on the Authors webpage.
book coverFollow this link to read the monograph "Archangel, CIA's Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft" by Dr. David Robarge, Ph.D., Chief Historian at CIA Link to Archangel
The link to the restricted EAA CIA store has been relocated to the members roster accessible through the Member Info section under Member Affairs of the website.
Yo! Roadrunners. Patti is offering some great discounted cruise rates to our members. Check it out on our Member Activities page.
FINAL FLIGHT

11-2-2009 - The Roadrunner staff and Darlington family regrets having to inform you that Sherill Darlington passed away this morning following a stroke last week. Sherill served in the USAF as chew chief of the F-101 VooDoos supporting the CIA A-12 Project Oxcart at Groom Lake. At our Roadrunners Internationale reunion this past month Sherill told of his memories of flying extensively with CIA A-12 project pilot Jack Layton. Further information will be posted in the bulletin board of the Roadrunner website as it becomes available. Our condolences to Mary, family, and friends.
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