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Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:25 pm to meauxjeaux2
Fun Fact: the simulator for the A12 was located in the back of a fully functional grocery store staffed by CIA employees. True story.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:26 pm to bamarep
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that tech and they can't figure out how to make the bastard no leak fuel while it's sitting on the ground.
It wasn't designed to sit on the ground, chief.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:31 pm to elprez00
If you ever want to see one up close we have one over here in Battleship Park in Mobile.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:39 pm to UAinSOUTHAL
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If you ever want to see one up close we have one over here in Battleship Park in Mobile.
You also have a fricking battleship.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:41 pm to elprez00
Lighten up Francis, it's called a joke.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:43 pm to dyslexic
Man that is crazy! All that jet fuel that just gets wasted? 
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:50 pm to Corch Urban Myers
The 1000 degrees F was ...... 
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:59 pm to UAinSOUTHAL
quote:Eglin AFB has one as well
If you ever want to see one up close we have one over here in Battleship Park in Mobile.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:01 pm to meauxjeaux2
Aesthetically that plane looks bad AF.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:02 pm to PhilipMarlowe
Dart Vader jet
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:10 pm to meauxjeaux2
Looking at google maps, they have A TON of planes there.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:18 pm to CaptainsWafer
yep.
Ohh and this little tidbit
Ohh and this little tidbit
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C.I.A. created several cover-up companies which were used to purchase the required Titanium for the construction of Blackbirds from Soviet Union – quite ironic considering a lot of missions consisted of relaying intel about the country that the materials were purchased from.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:18 pm to meauxjeaux2
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Eglin AFB has one as well
Eglin has an SR-71 not an A-12.
Fun fact of the 9 A-12's left 3 of those are on display in Alabama and 3 in California. The last 3 are split between New York, Washington and Virginia.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:25 pm to CaptainsWafer
Watched a documentary where they said that while in service, SR-71s were fired on over 4000 times, and no plane was ever lost due to enemy fire.
Also, when doing BDA after the Libya bombing in 1986, it was shot at by the "state of the art" Soviet high altitude SAM and flat out outran the missile.
Also, when doing BDA after the Libya bombing in 1986, it was shot at by the "state of the art" Soviet high altitude SAM and flat out outran the missile.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:25 pm to UAinSOUTHAL
quote:you are correct sir
Eglin has an SR-71 not an A-12.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:28 pm to meauxjeaux2
Saw one at the SAC museum between Lincoln and Omaha. Pretty cool place but that plane has always fascinated me. 
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:29 pm to udtiger
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A total of 12 out of the 32 aircraft built were lost. The important thing to take note of is that none of the Blackbirds were lost due to enemy military retaliation. All SR-71 crew had to do upon a missile launch, was to increase the throttle and watch the missile get further and further away from striking distance.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:32 pm to meauxjeaux2
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All SR-71 crew had to do upon a missile launch, was to increase the throttle and watch the missile get further and further away from striking distance.
Brian Shul talks about this in "Sled Driver". Basically, you'd see the missile climbing behind you and then at some point it would explode, but the explosion almost looked like it was happening in reverse and was an implosion because you were flying away so fast and it was receding in the distance.
This post was edited on 6/14/16 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:36 pm to Jimmy2shoes
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Saw one at the SAC museum between Lincoln and Omaha. Pretty cool
I've been there. Not for years though. I grew up near there.
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