period. The aircraft often flew three to four flights weekly and several times flew more than once a day. Another Tacit Blue test pilot, Ken Dyson, told CNN in 2014 that Northrop had manufactured additional major components for the jet, which amounted to half of a second plane. "If we lost one, we could have a second one up and flying in short order," Dyson said. After reaching about 250 flight hours, the aircraft was placed in storage in 1985. In 1996, after Tacit Blue was declassified, it was placed on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio and has been on display in the new fourth hangar at the museum since June 2016. Specifications See also References External links Tacit Blue at National Museum of USAF Tacit Blue: The Creation of Stealth Stealth aircraft 1980s United States experimental aircraft Code names Tacit Blue V-tail aircraft Low-wing aircraft Twinjets