Airplane enthusiasts spot secret U.S. army plane

Aviation enthusiasts in the United States have discovered a military aircraft that was hidden from the public. The purpose of the aircraft is not yet clear, but photographs taken of the Texas sky show that it is a relatively large stealth plane.

The discovery was made three weeks ago by two veteran aircraft "spotters," Steve Douglass and Dean Muskett, who were at Amarillo Airport in the Texas Panhandle doing what they like best: spotting planes.

They had just finished photographing two U.S. Air Force T-38 jet trainers when an unnamed friend of Douglass, a government employee, called his mobile phone and suggested he look toward the south-east.

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