Skunk Factory, California, USA.

There were only a few tents next to it, which forced employees to work with masks and also won the nickname of Skunk Factory. However, since the birth of this factory, it has skipped many steps in succession. Now, it has become the most powerful fighter jet manufacturer in the United States, and every aircraft designed here is a classic.

The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft that was able to fly to an altitude of more than 20,000 meters followed by the SR-71 Blackbird, which had a higher altitude and triple the speed of sound for a long time. Later, it designed and manufactured the most advanced F-117 stealth attack aircraft in the United States. This factory can be said to have gathered the most outstanding technicians of Lockheed and was also the peak of the entire American aviation technology.

At this time, in the factory building, a strange-shaped aircraft was being assembled. Ben Rich, the head of the Skunk Factory, was trampling on the plane in the workshop.

The diamond-shaped nose, butterfly wings, and the large-blind double-vertical tail, this aircraft is the masterpiece of Lockheed, and the first prototype of the U.S. Advanced Tactical Fighter AtF Project Project has begun to enter the final assembly!

For this project, Lockheed started precision planning since the 1980s, defeated its competitor Northrop and became the general contractor of the project plan. Then, it carried out several years of design, and now it has finally started the manufacturing of the prototype!

The birth of an aircraft requires multiple steps, design, manufacturing, assembly, test flight, and final production. This new fourth-generation aircraft project requires more difficulties. Although the project has been in progress for more than ten years, it is expected that it will take about ten years to reach all design indicators and enter the low-speed production stage.

After this aircraft is finalized, it will stand out in the world and become the only advanced fighter that integrates stealth, supersonic cruise, and ultra-low detection capabilities! Even the Soviet Union did not have the same fighter jet to compete with!

Now, this first aircraft is only used for static testing, and the advanced f-119 engine has not been developed yet. It will only be possible to assemble when the second and third aircraft are tested.

"The Ministry of Defense requires us to issue several experts to go to Pakistan to participate in the target test of joint attack ammunition provided by Pakistan." Just as he watched the workers assemble the fighter jets, another responsible engineer, Darrol Olsen, said.

Joint attack ammunition made by Pakistan? What technological capabilities does Pakistan have? Their country has only been industrialized for a few years? Ben Rich sneered at this, but the Ministry of Defense was urging him very quickly. Recently, there have been so many terrorist attacks in China. The Ministry of Defense hopes to attack Iraq immediately and bring Saddam to justice.

"Okay, Darol, you draw two people and go with you." Ben Rich said.

Going by himself? Darol was stunned: "But I still have to participate in the development of the AtF program."

"It will take a few days, and if you take people there, you can see what the Pakistanis are doing. If the project is valuable, our Skunk Factory can also develop the same project and provide it to the Air Force." Ben Rich said.

In addition to being an engineer, he is also the head of the factory. He has to consider the entire Lockheed Group. If the cost can be reduced by half, then this precise attack ammunition can be developed and provided to the military. The military must have a lot of demand!

"Okay." Darol was not actually interested in Pakistan's joint attack ammunition. But since the general manager spoke, he could only do so.

"Our stealth coating, not developed very well, may in some cases cause shedding, and if sucked into the engine, it will lead to more dangerous aerial parking." After saying this Ministry of Defense arrangement, another engineer reported.

In order to have low detectability, in addition to the appearance design of the fuselage, stealth coating is also very important. Although the Skunk Factory has developed the F-117 aircraft and has experience in developing stealth coatings, the black coating can only allow the aircraft to stealth at night. During the day, you can visually find such a black guy.

The new fighter jets must be able to fly all-weather, and the stealth coating can no longer be black and needs to be redeveloped. In this way, the project encountered many problems.

"Let's go and have a look." Ben Rich said, leaving the assembly workshop here together.

Taking the electric car and leaving here, Ben Rich looked at the road, and in front, two trucks were driving from the opposite road.

The factory has tens of thousands of employees, and the three meals a day of these employees are a big problem. Therefore, the factory needs to have a special canteen, and this truck transports the ingredients of the factory canteen.

The car in front has two cows on the back, and the car in the back is a lively rooster!

Seeing this, Ben Rich was stunned and asked, "I remember, we used to transport meat in refrigerated trucks?"

"Yes." The assistant sitting next to him, in charge of logistics, said: "Boss, you don't know that the meat brought by the refrigerated truck is not fresh,

In order to give our factory employees a good source of food, especially fresh, some time ago, our canteen directly contacted a nearby farm and started importing live livestock. Compared with the frozen chicken and beef transported through refrigerated trucks, these livestock that were directly transported and slaughtered are of course fresher! Since the import of these live poultry, our factory canteen has become the most popular place among our employees. No one has visited KFC outside."

Especially the chicken legs in KFC that were exposed some time ago were left in the refrigerator for three or four years, and they were still the same as before. Americans knew that there must be a lot of preservatives and additives in it. In contrast, it was the most reassuring thing made in the factory canteen. Especially now, every day when watching vehicles pulling live poultry enter, the factory employees know that the food is fine.

Now is not the avian flu in later generations. When the mad cow disease broke out, live poultry transactions were not regulated by the US government. Although the cost was higher, as a large company that was very responsible for the lives of employees, naturally they didn’t care about these small money.

So that's it! Benridge looked at the living creatures pulled on the truck, and a strong smell came from the air. Then, the cow he observed had swung his tail and squeezed out a large pool from his butt. Ben Rich suddenly felt extremely disgusting. He took back his head and continued to think about the stealth coating. This was related to the focus of the development of the new fighter project. It must not be dragged down! Especially now, the Soviet Su-27 has begun to sell everywhere, while the American F-15 cannot gain obvious advantages, so the new fourth-generation fighter must be finalized and developed as soon as possible and equipped the troops in order to continue to form a generation gap in the Soviet Union!

Thinking of this, he suddenly heard a "grizz" sound, turned his head and looked over, and saw that the door of the crane-style cargo box behind the truck suddenly opened. At this time, countless roosters were flying out of the inside with their wings and getting a free attack. They raised their heads to the sky and screamed, while running, jumping on the factory lawn, and flapping their wings hard. Unfortunately, they were too heavy to fly.

"Damn it!" Ben Rich was immediately furious. What was this? The entire factory was about to fly everywhere!

"Hurry up, ask the security guard to come over and catch all the chickens!" The assistant next to him was also stunned and then issued an order.

The Skunk Factory has been developing fighter jets for the US military, and the confidentiality is high. Those who are guarding outside are all American soldiers standing guard! After the damn Middle Eastern people launched an attack on the US mainland, they have strengthened their defense here, and even self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and air defense missiles have been deployed here, for fear that the damn attackers will come to sabotage.

However, typical cases are tight on the outside and loose on the inside. Inside the factory, only some factory security guards come to patrol. These people have been working in the factory for several years and are very reliable.

After hearing the order, the security guards set out urgently, and everyone rushed up to catch the roosters with rubber sticks.

"Geeh." A rooster moved his legs quickly, avoiding the oncoming security guard, and then crawled through the second security guard's crotch, as if he realized that the danger was coming, and his wings flew up and flew up!

The other rooster with a fiery red crown seemed to become more excited in this scene. She rubbed her head against the ground, grinded her pointed mouth a few times on the ground, rushed towards the security guard who was closest to it, and then pecked the security guard in front with his pointed mouth.

The security guard's rubber stick danced, only knocking down a few chicken feathers, but he felt a pain in his thighs. The rooster actually pecked his legs into his pants and pecked out blood!

"Ah." He couldn't help but scream, throw away the rubber stick, hold his legs and sit on the ground. Then, he saw more roosters running towards him. Suddenly, he endured the pain and ran back. In this battle between man and chicken, he became a loser!
Chapter completed!