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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Before D-21, A-12 had to be used as Starfighter carrier. The M-21/QF-104 that never was.
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Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The A-12CB, the Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was
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Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The A-12 pilot who looking for a crashed F-105 in Utah came across a brothel with a runway (A C-7A was the largest aircraft to ever land there)
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The RAF F-105 exchange pilot who landed at Area 51 and spotted the Top Secret A-12 Blackbird
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Did you know the YF-12 Blackbird AN/ASG-18 Radar cooked chickens in about 2 to 3 seconds during testing at Area 51?
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The A-12 mission that found USS Pueblo and started the negotiations to release the crew of the only US Navy ship still on the commissioned roster and held captive
Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
While looking for a crashed F-105 in Utah, an A-12 pilot came across a brothel with a runway (A C-7A Caribou was the largest aircraft to ever land there)
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
SR-71 Blackbird Vs A-12 Oxcart: project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the SR-71 and the A-12 and why the Blackbird was chosen over the Oxcart
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Ghosts of Groom Lake: the F-101 fighters tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 RCS was 20 square inches at subsonic speeds, at Mach 3.2 the RCS was 10 square miles. Here’s why.
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The A-12 that burnt to a crisp at 800 F because it approached Mach 3.3 (instead of Mach 3) at 83,000 feet
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
From the ‘Titanium Goose’ to ‘The Bastard:’ the only Blackbird trainer aircraft ever built
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
That time General LeMay asked Lockheed to convert the A-12 spy plane into a Mach 3+ deep penetration bomber
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The only Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane hit by a SAM and why the HABU was not 100% invulnerable to Surface to Air Missiles
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The A-12 pilot who while looking for a crashed F-105 in Utah came across a brothel with a runway (A C-7A Caribou was the largest aircraft to ever land there)
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The story of the only Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane hit by a SAM: the day a North Vietnamese SA-2 damaged an A-12 Oxcart
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