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The A-12's operational life was brief, as it was eventually superseded by the SR-71 Blackbird. The missions influenced U.S. decisions during the Vietnam War and provided key intelligence in various geopolitical crises, including the capture of the USS Pueblo by North Korea.

Late 2023 saw some significant losses to the state, with the passing of many prominent people who contributed greatly to the progress and fabric of NH.

As part of our Give Back NH series, NHPR highlights small but mighty nonprofits doing good work in New Hampshire communities.

Support is on the rise for a beloved mother who lost nearly all of her possessions — including two dogs — after a fire ripped through her Hunterdon County home.Ann Weeks had just left to go to her daughter’s basketball game when her Hollan…

For ten months, the A-12 briefly filled a vital niche need for the CIA by providing rapid high-value photo intelligence over Asia.

In June 2020, Jack Weeks, 17, was instantly paralyzed in a diving accident. He is determined to work hard to keep getting stronger.

The aircraft was an A-12 “Oxcart,” a smaller, faster single-seat precursor variant of the Air Force’s legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.

In the summer of 2020, a diving accident left 16-year-old Jack Weeks paralyzed from his chest down. The Gorham teen is tackling his new challenges with grace.

So how fast was this crazy spy plane?

On October 30, 1967, a CIA spy-plane soared eighty-four thousand feet over Hanoi in northern Vietnam, traveling faster than a rifle bullet at over three times the speed of sound.