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Operational history

Cuba Shot down in a U-2 Photoreconnaissance satellite Kadena Okinawa

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Design and development

Project Rainbow Richard M. Bissell Jr.Titanium Ben Rich Soviet Union

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Overview

Mach Reconnaissance aircraft Central Intelligence Agency Lockheed Skunk Works

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Variants

Tandem XF-108 C-130 Hercules B-52

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Developed into: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
First flight: 26 April 1962
Introduction date: 1967
Manufacturer: Lockheed Corporation
Number built: A-12: 13; M-21: 2
Primary user: Central Intelligence Agency

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Overview

Mach Mach number
Reconnaissance aircraft
Central Intelligence Agency
Lockheed Lockheed Corporation
Skunk Works
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson Kelly Johnson (engineer)
Convair
Project GUSTO Convair Kingfish
Radar cross-section
B-58 Convair B-58 Hustler
U-2 Lockheed U-2
"black" project Black project
U.S. Air Force United States Air Force
YF-12 Lockheed YF-12
Interceptor Interceptor aircraft
D-21 drone Lockheed D-21
SR-71 Blackbird Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
R&D Research and development
Flameout

Design and development

Project Rainbow
Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Titanium
Ben Rich Ben Rich (engineer)
Soviet Union
Kinetic heating Aerodynamic heating
Composite materials Composite material
Iron ferrite Allotropes of iron
Silicon
Asbestos
Burbank Burbank, California
Groom Lake test facility (Area 51) Area 51
Louis Schalk
Pratt & Whitney J75
Thrust
J58 Pratt & Whitney J58
Wendover, Utah
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Las Vegas
Maine lobster American lobster
U.S. Air Force
Drone carriers Drone carrier
Trainer aircraft Trainer (aircraft)
Final approach Final approach (aeronautics)
Servo device Servomechanism
Ejected Ejection seat
Yawing and pitching Aircraft principal axes
KC-135 tanker Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
Yaw- and pitch-rate gyroscopes Rate integrating gyroscope

Operational history

Cuba
Shot down in a U-2 1960 U-2 incident
Photoreconnaissance satellite Reconnaissance satellite
Kadena Kadena Air Base
Okinawa Okinawa Island
Mel Vojvodich Mele "Mel" Vojvodich
North Vietnam
Surface-to-air missile
Vietnam War
USS Pueblo USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
North Korea
Thailand
Chinese China
Eastman Kodak
Rochester Rochester, New York
New York New York (state)
Japan
Fan Song
Contrail
ECM Electronic countermeasure
Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh Khe Sanh Combat Base
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnamese South Vietnam
Wonsan Bay Wonsan
Komar class missile boats Komar class missile boat
Blip-to-scan ratios Blip-to-scan ratio
President Kennedy John F. Kennedy
Palmdale, California

Variants

Tandem
XF-108 North American XF-108 Rapier
C-130 Hercules Lockheed C-130 Hercules
B-52 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Accidents and incidents

Pitot tube
Drone carriers Lockheed A-12

Specifications (A-12)

JP-7
Pratt & Whitney JT11D-20B
Afterburning Afterburner
Thrust/weight Thrust-to-weight ratio

Bibliography

Air Enthusiast
ISSN ISSN (identifier)
ISBN ISBN (identifier)

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Lockheed A-12

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related to Bibliography · 85

Lockheed A-12 → A-12, Air Enthusiast, Aircraft, AIRtime, Annie, April, Archangel, Archived, Area, Back Bay Books, Ben, Burbank, CA, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, CIA Historical Review Program, CIA's Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance, Connecticut, Crickmore, Cygnus

Developed into · 1

Lockheed A-12 → Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

First flight · 1

Lockheed A-12 → 26 April 1962

Introduction date · 1

Lockheed A-12 → 1967

Manufacturer · 1

Lockheed A-12 → Lockheed Corporation

Number built · 1

Lockheed A-12 → A-12: 13; M-21: 2

Primary user · 1

Lockheed A-12 → Central Intelligence Agency

Retired · 1

Lockheed A-12 → 1968

Status · 1

Lockheed A-12 → Retired

Type · 1

Lockheed A-12 → High-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft

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a-12 aircraft lockheed flight first sr-71 1968 pilot isbn oxcart cia one program north mission design u-2 radar intelligence project

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Lockheed A-12	Developed into	Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	First flight	26 April 1962	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Introduction date	1967	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Manufacturer	Lockheed Corporation	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Number built	A-12: 13; M-21: 2	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Primary user	Central Intelligence Agency	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Retired	1968	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Status	Retired	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Type	High-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	Variant	Lockheed YF-12	1.00	infobox
Lockheed A-12	is a	retired high-altitude	0.90	text
Lockheed A-12	related to Bibliography	Crickmore	0.60	section

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