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The story of the A-12CB, the Oxcart Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the A-12CB, the Oxcart Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

Dario Leone

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After an A-12 flight specks of insects hoisted from the atomic test explosions in Russia and China were found on the Oxcart windshield

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Former USAF Master Sergeant reveals the Fastest Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

Last of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the CIA legendary Oxcart program passed away

Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Last of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the CIA legendary Oxcart program passed away

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and why were Changed after 10 Takeoffs

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and why were Changed after 10 Takeoffs

Linda Sheffield Miller

Ghosts of Groom Lake: the story of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Ghosts of Groom Lake: the story of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51

Dario Leone

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Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

Linda Sheffield Miller

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Here’s What’s Probably the Slowest Speed Ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

Blackbird Vs Oxcart: the story of project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the SR-71 and the A-12 and why the Blackbird was chosen over the Oxcart

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Vs A-12: project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the Blackbird and the Oxcart and why the SR-71 was chosen over the A-12

Linda Sheffield Miller

Sec. of Defense McNamara canceled the YF-12 Blackbird program to fund the F-106X Mach 5 Interceptor. Then he canceled the F-106X program too.

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Sec. of Defense McNamara canceled the YF-12 Blackbird program to fund the F-106X Mach 5 Interceptor. Then he canceled the F-106X program too.

Linda Sheffield Miller

After an A-12 flight specks of insects hoisted from the atomic test explosions in Russia and China were found on the Oxcart windshield

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

After an A-12 flight specks of insects hoisted from the atomic test explosions in Russia and China were found on the Oxcart windshield

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the first stealth aircraft

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the first stealth aircraft

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here are the materials you should use instead of titanium to build a Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane today

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane’s titanium parts made in summer corroded while those made in winter didn’t? Here’s why.

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his Blackbird flew So Fast that He and his RSO arrived at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Left Kadena AB

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The Fastest known Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

General Curtis LeMay wanted a bomber variant of the A-12 but the SR-71 Blackbird was developed instead

Linda Sheffield Miller

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Dario Leone

The list of the fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The list of the fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Dario Leone

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson described the first flight of the top secret A-12 Oxcart as “horrible to watch.” Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson described the first flight of the top secret A-12 Oxcart as “horrible to watch.” Here’s why.

Dario Leone

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