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Janet, sometimes called Janet Airlines, is the unofficial name given to a highly classified fleet of passenger aircraft operated for the United States Department of the Air Force[1] as an employee shuttle to transport military and contractor employees to Special Access Facilities (SAPF). Its purpose is to pick up employees at their home airports and take them to their places of work. Then, they take the employees back to their home airports in the afternoon. The airline mainly serves the Nevada National Security Site (most notably Area 51 and the Tonopah Test Range) from a private terminal at Las Vegas's Harry Reid International Airport.[2]

Janet

A Janet 737-66N
IATA ICAO Callsign — WWW JANET
Commenced operations	March 1972 (1972-03) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Hubs	Harry Reid International Airport
Focus cities	Tonopah Test Range Homey Airport
Fleet size	13
Destinations	18
Parent company	Department of the Air Force
Headquarters	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

The airline's aircraft are generally unmarked but have a red cheatline along the aircraft's windows, which hints at Janet being the operator.

History

The fleet's "Janet" call sign is said to stand for "Just Another Non-Existent Terminal"[3][4] or "Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation".[5]

After the October 2017 Las Vegas shooting massacre, news surfaced that the shooter, in addition to firing at concertgoers, had also targeted aviation fuel tanks at nearby McCarran International Airport (now Harry Reid International Airport). Further reporting by the New York Post suggested a possible connection between the vulnerable fuel tanks and a classified Janet operation.[6]

Operations

Due to the airline's secretive nature, little is known about its organization. It is operated for the USAF by infrastructure and defense contractor AECOM through AECOM's acquisition in 2014 of URS Corporation, which acquired EG&G Technical Services in 2002, as derived from URS's history of providing this service to the Air Force and job openings published by URS.[7][8] For example, in 2010, URS announced it would be hiring Boeing 737 flight attendants to be based in Las Vegas, requiring applicants to undergo a Single Scope Background Investigation in order to be able to obtain a security clearance.[8] More recently, AECOM has posted similar openings.[9]

Due to its secrecy, Janet airlines boards at a special part of Harry Reid International Airport. They board planes at the airport's west side, next to the Janet Airlines passenger parking lot. There is also a small terminal building for passengers.[10]

Janet flights operate with a three-digit flight number and a WWW-prefix.[11] In the official publication of ICAO airline codes, this specific three-letter designator is listed as being blocked.[12] The official airline callsign is simply Janet. However, the airline also uses different callsigns, called Groom Callsigns once transferred over to Groom Lake from Nellis control. The callsign name would change, and the callsign number will be the last 2 digits of the flight number +15. For example, if the callsign were Janet 412 and were transferred to Groom Lake control, the callsign would be something like "Bunny 27".

Destination codes

Due to the secrecy of the airline, Janet Airlines uses special codes for their destinations.[13] They use this to mask the destination. KTKM^{[further explanation needed]} is not an ICAO code for an airport, it is actually the code for Area 51. Not all codes are known. However, the following are listed:

Airport	Code
U.S. Air Force Production Flight Test Installation (Plant 42)	Station 1
Area 51	Station 3
Basecamp	Station 6
Tonopah Test Range	Station 7
Janet Terminal (Harry Reid International Airport)	Station 9

Destinations

Janet destinations, mostly military, include:[13]

Janet Airlines destinations

Country	State	City	Airport	Airport codes			Notes	Refs
				IATA code	ICAO code	FAA LID
United States	California	Palmdale	U.S. Air Force Production Flight Test Installation (Plant 42)	PMD	KPMD	PMD	Also known as Palmdale Regional Airport, as they share the same runway.	[13]
		China Lake	Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake	—	KNID	NID		[13]
		Edwards	Edwards Air Force Base	EDW	KEDW	EDW	Janet Airlines services the north base.	[13]
		Oxnard	Naval Air Station Point Mugu	NTD	KNTD	NTD	Currently a part of Naval Base Ventura County.	[13]
		Camarillo	Camarillo Airport	—	KCMA	CMA		[14]
		Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Municipal Airport	SBA	KSBA	SBA		[15]
		San Nicolas Island	Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island	—	KNSI	NSI		[13]
	Nevada	Groom Lake	Homey Airport	—	KXTA	—	More commonly known as Area 51.	[13]
		Las Vegas	Henderson Executive Airport	HSH	KHND	HND		[13][16]
		Las Vegas	Harry Reid International Airport	LAS	KLAS	LAS	Hub	[13]
		Tonopah	Tonopah Test Range	XSD	KTNX	TNX		[13]
		North Las Vegas	Nellis Air Force Base	LSV	KLSV	LSV		[13]
		Fallon	Naval Air Station Fallon	NFL	KNFL	NFL
	New Mexico	Alamogordo	Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport	ALM	KLAM	ALM		[13]
	Ohio	Dayton	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base	FFO	KFFO	FFO		[13]
	Utah	Ogden	Hill Air Force Base	HIF	KHIF	HIF		[13]
		Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City International Airport	SLC	KSLC	SLC		[13]
	Colorado	Colorado Springs	Peterson SFB	COS	KCOS	COS

Along with these destinations, there have been reports of Janet Airlines filing flight plans to many other airports.[17]

Fleet

The first flights from Las Vegas to Area 51 were performed in 1972 by a Douglas DC-6 operated by EG&G. A second Douglas DC-6 was added in 1976 and this type remained in use until 1981.[7]

As of mid-2015, the Janet fleet[18] consists of six Boeing 737-600s painted white with a prominent red cheatline. The fleet is registered to the Department of the Air Force, while some earlier aircraft were registered to several civil aircraft leasing corporations.[7] Before the arrival of the 737-600s, Janet operated Boeing 737-200s, some of which were modified from military T-43A aircraft. One of the 737-200s with registration N5177C in the 1980s was briefly based in Germany at Frankfurt International Airport (which was at the time also home to a USAF base, Rhein-Main Air Base), and operated by Keyway Air Transport, apparently a front company for a US government operation. It was retired on 6 March 2009.[7] Together with the other 737-200s, it was sent to AMARG at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona for storage.[19]

All Janet 737-600 aircraft are ex-Air China and with the exception of N273RH and N365SR which were previously operated by the now defunct China Southwest Airlines before being acquired for US Air Force operations starting in 2008. The aircraft were initially taken to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before being transferred to Las Vegas.[20]

One aircraft, a Beechcraft 1900, was lost on 16 March 2004, when it crashed on approach for Tonopah Test Range Airport after the pilot suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Five people, including the pilot, were killed in the accident.[21][22]

Current Janet Airlines fleet

Type	Serial number	Tail number	C/N	Owner	Notes	Refs
Boeing 737-66N	28649	N319BD	887	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Boeing 737-66N	28650	N869HH	932	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Boeing 737-66N	28652	N859WP	938	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Boeing 737-66N	29890	N273RH	1276	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Boeing 737-66N	29891	N365SR	1294	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Boeing 737-66N	29892	N288DP	1305	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Beechcraft 1900	UB-42	N20RA	—	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Beechcraft 1900C	UC-163	N623RA	—	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Beechcraft B200C	BL-54	N654BA	—	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Beechcraft B200C	BL-61	N661BA	—	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Beechcraft B200C	BL-62	N662BA	—	United States Department of the Air Force		[23][24]
Beechcraft B300C		N989RR	—	United States Department of the Air Force
Beechcraft B300C		N910CB	—	United States Department of the Air Force

Former Janet Airlines fleet

Type	Serial number	Tail number	C/N	Owner	Fate	Retired	Refs
Beechcraft 1900C	UB-37	N27RA	—	United States Department of the Air Force	Crash	16 March 2004	[23][24][25]
Boeing 737-275	20785	N4529W	335	United States Department of the Air Force	Retired	7 November 2008	[23][24]
Boeing 737-253	20694	N5294M	343	United States Department of the Air Force	Retired	26 January 2009	[23][24]
Boeing 737-253	20693	N5177C	340	United States Department of the Air Force	Retired	6 March 2009	[23][24]
Boeing 737-253	20691	N5294E	337	United States Department of the Air Force	Retired	17 April 2009	[23][24]
Boeing 737-253	20692	N5176Y	339	United States Department of the Air Force	Retired	17 July 2009	[23][24]
Boeing 737-253	20689	N5175U	334	United States Department of the Air Force	Retired	10 August 2009	[23][24]
McDonnell Douglas DC-6B	S60A-3079	N6583C	—	EG&G	Retired	October 1981	[23]

Accidents

Aircraft	Crash site	Damage	Route		Description	Time	Fatalities	Refs
			Origin	Destination
Beech 1900C N27RA	7 mi (11 km) southeast of Tonopah Test Range Airport	W/O	—	Tonopah Test Range Airport	During approach, the pilot reported runway-in-sight, and entered a circle pattern. Then, the pilot became incapacitated due to sudden cardiac death. During the turn, the plane's nose gradually dipped down, and eventually smashed into the ground. The plane broke up, igniting fuel which burst into flames. It was later revealed the pilot had high blood pressure, and neglected to report it.	16 March 2004, 04:01	All 5 occupants	[25]

References

External links

• Popular Science article (archived from the original on September 24, 2006)
• Lazy G Ranch article
• Dreamlandresort.com – Janet
• "U.S. government airline Janet hides in plain site", news.com.au
• Wendover Production Video

На других языках

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[de] Janet (Fluggesellschaft)

Janet ist de facto der Name einer Flotte von Flugzeugen, mit denen die Firma EG&G, ein Dienstleister des US-amerikanischen Verteidigungsministeriums, Personen zwischen dem Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, der Nevada National Security Site und der Area 51 beförderte, seit der Übernahme der EG&G-Mutter URS Corporation durch AECOM werden die Flüge durch diese durchgeführt.[2]

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- [en] Janet (airline)

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[es] Janet (aerolínea)

Janet (acrónimo que significa Just Another Non-Existent Terminal, en español: "Sólo otra terminal no existente") es el nombre en clave que se utiliza para una pequeña flota de aviones de pasajeros operada por la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos. Sus aviones transportan a trabajadores militares y contratistas, al día de hoy prestan servicio al Campo de Pruebas de Nevada (particularmente al Área 51) desde su base en el Aeropuerto Internacional de McCarran, en Las Vegas. El origen de la palabra “Janet” es poco conocida, se utiliza como código de llamada en las transmisiones de radio.

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[fr] Janet (compagnie aérienne)

Janet, parfois appelée Janet Airlines, est le nom officieux donné à une flotte classifiée d'avions de passagers exploités pour le département de la Force aérienne des États-Unis [1] en tant que navette pour le transport d'employés militaires et d'entrepreneurs. Le but de cette compagnie est de récupérer les employés à l’aéroport proche de leurs domiciles et de les emmener sur leurs lieu de travail. Dans l'après-midi, ils ramènent les employés à leurs aéroports d'origine. La compagnie aérienne dessert principalement le site d’essais du Nevada (notamment la zone 51 et la zone de test de Tonopah ), à partir d'un terminal privé à l'aéroport international McCarran de Las Vegas[2].

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[it] Janet (linea aerea)

Janet, anche nota come Janet Airlines, è il nome non ufficiale dato a una flotta di aerei passeggeri operata dal Dipartimento dell'Aeronautica degli Stati Uniti per il trasporto di dipendenti militari e appaltatori.[1] Lo scopo è quello di prelevare i dipendenti nel loro aeroporto di casa e portarli sul posto di lavoro e riportarli a casa nel pomeriggio. La compagnia aerea serve principalmente il sito di sicurezza nazionale del Nevada (in particolare l'Area 51 e il Tonopah Test Range), da un terminal privato dell'aeroporto Internazionale McCarran di Las Vegas.[2]

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[ru] Janet Airlines

Janet Airlines (также просто Janet) — неофициальное название засекреченного парка пассажирских самолётов, эксплуатируемых для Военно-воздушного министерства США[1] в целях перевозки военных[2]. Авиакомпания в основном выполняет рейсы на аэродромы объектов национальной безопасности штата Невада (в первую очередь Зону 51 и Зону 52[en]) из частного терминала в Международном аэропорту Гарри Рида в Лас-Вегасе[3].

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