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Mach 3 A-12 Oxcart Spy Plane Has A Message for the U.S. Air Force
Years before the SR-71 Blackbird made headlines, its CIA predecessor—the A-12 Oxcart—was already flying Mach 3 reconnaissance ...
Summary and Key Points: The A-12 Oxcart, predecessor to the famed SR-71 Blackbird, was a groundbreaking reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works in the late 1950s. -Designed to ...
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How the CIA Built a Plane Faster Than the SR-71
Built in total secrecy under the CIA’s Project Oxcart, the Lockheed A-12 Archangel was the direct predecessor to the SR-71 and, in many ways, its superior. Designed as a single-seat reconnaissance ...
This is an audio archive of a lecture that was presented on September 24, 2010 at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Until 2007, the men who built and flew the "OXCART" A-12, a mysterious high-speed, ...
Do you know the difference between the SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart? Find out in this video filmed at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. For more FREE teacher resources from the Smithsonian ...
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