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Speed Demon: The CIA’s Mach 3.3 Spy Aircraft

Post author:DGI News Desk
Post published:May 7, 2023
Post category:Fact Sheets US Air Force
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Despite its incredible speed, it canceled the A-12 Oxcart program in December 1966 to make space for the more secure SR-71 Blackbird. An air-to-air left front view of a A-12…

Spy Plane at Mach 3 (Nearly Fighter?) from the CIA

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 20, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force USA
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The Soviets wouldn't stop it. The objective was to turn the CIA's A-12 Oxcart espionage plane into a fighter or bomber. During the 1961 Vienna Summit between President John F.…

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