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The Secret U.S. Government Airline

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 3, 2017 5 Comments

Janet Airlines

Next time you fly through Las Vegas, take a look around for an unmarked white 737-600 with a red cheatline down the center. That’s “Janet” Airlines, a top-secret U.S. Air Force contractor that shuttles workers to sensitive government installations.

Area-51, officially known as the Nevada National Security Site, is at the root of much folklore. But it is a real place and whatever goes on there remains closely-guarded.

“Janet” allegedly stands for “Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation” but the government has never confirmed that. Some joke it stands for “Just Another Non-Existent-Terminal”.

But Janet has a fleet of six Boeing 737-600s and can be seen regularly at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Interestingly, the 737s are former Air China commercial aircraft! The U.S. Air Force uses a contractor called URS to operate these flights.

My friend Dan was an Air Force contractor with a security clearance far beyond top secret and traveled to Area-51 on Janet Airlines on several occasions from Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale, CA. He shared this about the experience-

It’s like Southwest Airlines without windows. They didn’t tell me where I was going, but it was clear we were going Groom Lake [Area-51]. Onboard there were no drinks or snacks except for bottled water. No TVs either.

Area-51 is actually part of the vast Edwards Air Force Base even though it is a state away so it was really an on-base flight.

CONCLUSION

Want to be a FA for Janet Air? You’ll need a top-secret clearance for that. The company last hired in 2010. But I hear the stopovers are lovely…

image: Twistedpictures1  / Wikipedia Commons

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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5 Comments

  1. Homer Reply
    June 3, 2017 at 5:39 pm

    These are ex Air China planes by the way

    http://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-only-airline-with-non-stop-service-to-area-1721003315

    • Matthew Reply
      June 3, 2017 at 6:12 pm

      I mentioned that in my article.

      • Clem Reply
        June 4, 2017 at 3:58 pm

        But, go you know where they got the planes?

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  3. Pingback: Hay una aerolínea secreta del gobierno de EE.UU que vuela desde varios aeropuertos comerciales con destino al Área 51 

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