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The Unwelcome Guest: the RAF F-105 exchange pilot who landed at Area 51 and spotted the Top Secret A-12 Blackbird

Dario Leone

Nov 22 2023

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The story of how the US secretly tested the A-12 Mach 3 Spy Plane Radar Cross Section during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of how the US secretly tested the A-12 Mach 3 Spy Plane RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 24 2023

Dario Leone

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

‘When the Valkyrie flies at Mach 3 it loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird, but the XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and XB-70.

Oct 8 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Ben Rich recalls when CIA financed the A-12 Oxcart with secret funds and back-door payments to Lockheed with personal checks to Kelly Johnson for more than $1 million

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

Skunk Works Director Ben Rich recalls when CIA financed the A-12 Oxcart with secret funds and back-door payments to Lockheed with personal checks to Kelly Johnson for more than $1 million

Aug 13 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Two Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Planes were Hit by North Vietnamese Air Defenses: one A-12 was hit with shrapnel, another Oxcart was damaged by SAM debris

Aug 12 2023

Dario Leone

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 / SR-71 Blackbird

CIA engineer recalls when specks of insects hoisted from atomic tests in Russia and China were found on an A-12 windshield after an Oxcart mission

Jul 16 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Before the D-21 the A-12 had to be used as carrier for the Starfighter. The story of the M-21/QF-104 that never was.

Jun 21 2023

Dario Leone

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

May 31 2023

Dario Leone

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

Apr 8 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Mar 31 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Mar 25 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Mar 15 2023

Dario Leone

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

Mar 5 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Feb 19 2023

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

Jan 29 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

‘The XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12, but the Valkyrie loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and the XB-70.

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

‘The XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12, but when it flies at Mach 3 the Valkyrie loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and the XB-70.

Oct 2 2022

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Aug 20 2022

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Lockheed A-12

The Unwelcome Guest: the RAF F-105 exchange pilot who landed at Area 51 and spotted the Top Secret A-12 Blackbird

Thanks to our partners

The story of how the US secretly tested the A-12 Mach 3 Spy Plane RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

‘When the Valkyrie flies at Mach 3 it loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird, but the XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and XB-70.

Skunk Works Director Ben Rich recalls when CIA financed the A-12 Oxcart with secret funds and back-door payments to Lockheed with personal checks to Kelly Johnson for more than $1 million

Two Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Planes were Hit by North Vietnamese Air Defenses: one A-12 was hit with shrapnel, another Oxcart was damaged by SAM debris

CIA engineer recalls when specks of insects hoisted from atomic tests in Russia and China were found on an A-12 windshield after an Oxcart mission

Before the D-21 the A-12 had to be used as carrier for the Starfighter. The story of the M-21/QF-104 that never was.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘The XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12, but when it flies at Mach 3 the Valkyrie loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and the XB-70.

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

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