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While searching for a downed F-105 in Utah, an A-12 pilot came across a brothel with a runway
The Oxcart
The A-11 was a long-range, high-altitude aircraft that Lockheed started designing in 1959. It was a project from the Cold War. The project...
The CIA injected the first pilot who bailed from the A-12 program with sodium pentothal after the crash for interrogation
Ken Collins appeared to be very drunk as the sodium pentothal was still in his system. His wife Jane was a very understanding woman,...
CIA stored in boxes A-12 spy planes to Area 51 to keep the Oxcart project a secret
The A-12 Oxcart at Area 51
Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the testing...
Before the D-21, the A-12 had to be used as carrier for the Starfighter
By 1962, Kelly Johnson had done at least a few studies on using the A-12 as a carrier for a QF-104 Starfighter
The A-12 was...
An ex-USAF master sergeant reveals the fastest speed a Blackbird has ever recorded
A-12 pilot Jim Eastham dropped the nose down a bit to see if he could at least reach Mach 3.0. Out of nowhere, Jim...