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The A-12 Oxcart, the CIA’s Very Own SR-71? The Lockheed SR-71 has been widely hyped for its abilities. Developed in secret in the late 1950s, the...
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The A-12 Oxcart, the CIA’s Very Own SR-71? The Lockheed SR-71 has been widely hyped for its abilities. Developed in secret in the late 1950s, the...
Development of the A-12 Avenger program began in the early 80s as the Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) program.
Development of the A-12 Avenger program began in the early 80s as the Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) program. The original intent was to replace...
A-12 Oxcart Spy Plane, a History: On October 30, 1967, a CIA spy-plane soared eighty-four thousand feet over Hanoi in northern Vietnam, traveling faster than...
Back when my very first 19FortyFive article was published, discussing the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, several of our readers requested that I follow up by...
The Soviets wouldn’t be able to stop it. The idea: take the CIA’s A-12 Oxcart spy plane and convert it into a bomber or...
A former Air Force Pilot Trainee explains the story of the A-12: During the most intense years of the Cold War, the CIA relied on...
A-12 Oxcart – Yes, the CIA Had Its Very Own SR-71 Spy Plane – When CIA planners decided to update their aerial reconnaissance abilities,...
Sure, the A-12 Oxcart might not get the press the SR-71 does or even the mythical SR-72 or SR-91. And yet, its place in...
The A-12 Oxcart was clearly a game-changer for the US Military and CIA: The SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest operational military aircraft in history to this...