Pilot Mele Vojvodich crossed coast of North Vietnam 1 hour & 14 minutes later, flying at a speed of Mach 3.1 at an altitude of 80,000 feet.pic.twitter.com/TeGwKZjGSv
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Pilot Mele Vojvodich crossed coast of North Vietnam 1 hour & 14 minutes later, flying at a speed of Mach 3.1 at an altitude of 80,000 feet.pic.twitter.com/TeGwKZjGSv
Total flight took 3hrs & 39 mins Vojvodich flew planned route in less than 9 mins, refueled over Thailand, exited near DMZ & landed @ Kadenapic.twitter.com/M0PJXLuwS1
Vojvodich photographed 70 of 190 known SAM sites & 9 priority targets, including an airfield, a military training area, & port at Haiphong.
Neither Chinese nor North Vietnamese radar tracked A-12, nor were missiles launched at it. A-12s remained “untouchable” for another 4 months
Only 15 CIA A-12s were built.
3 would fly operational missions before replaced by @usairforce version: the SR-71.
http://1.usa.gov/1kPXYky pic.twitter.com/qhMOoSOEVm
A-12 flights over E. Asia provided timely threat assessments, info on key installations, & found captured USS Pueblo http://bit.ly/2rVa6Im pic.twitter.com/qClIv5Z7SQ
The A-12 and SR-71 remain the fastest "combat" planes. Mach 3.2 and 3.3 respectively.
AMAZING 50 years and still active
Yes, the X-Men's Blackbird
Here we are 50 Years later and it is still considered the fastest jet ever produced. Please! When will you declassify Aurora?
Do you think any blackbirds got pictures of Trump in Russia? #trumprussia
That's a picture of the SR-71. A-12s didn't have chines on the radome.
WOW THOUGHT WE HAD TO WAIT 70 YEARS TO SPEAK OF SUCH THINGS. OH YA WE RETIRED AN INDESTRUCTABLE MACHINE THAT FLY MACH4÷!
At that time satellites couldn't do the job. Imaging devices weren't good enough. Also satellites have predictable orbits, planes don't.
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