Retired Lockheed Skunk Works chief Ben Rich dead at 69

Ben R. Rich, the retired president of Lockheed Advanced Development Co. who won wide acclaim over a 40-year career as a designer of some of the most sophisticated U.S. aircraft, died Jan. 5 after a long illness. He was 69. After joining Lockheed in 1950, Rich worked on a wide range of projects...

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