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The CIA A-12 Blackbird Program

 

The A-12 started out as an USAF interceptor to replace the cancelled F-108A Rapier. In October 1962, CIA authorized the Skunk Works to study the feasibility of modifying the A-12 to carry and deploy a reconnaissance drone for unmanned overflight of denied areas. The project was codenamed TAGBOARD.

10 Feb 2018

A-12 Blackbird #06937 /#131

A-12 Blackbird #06937 /#131

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A-12 #937 was the first aircraft to fly over North Vietnam on 31 May 1967. Later, #937 was used by NASA for flight testing.
 

 

 

 

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Housing over 100 aircraft — as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs and paintings — the Southern Museum of Flight is one of the Southeast’s largest aviation museums. Exhibits include experimental, military and civilian aircraft — and memorabilia from the earliest days of powered flight. Also home to the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame, with nearly 80 biographical plaques honoring our state’s aviation history.

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