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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.

The CIA’s twelve ultra-fast A-12 jets were doomed to a brief operational career after the first flight in 1962.

No SR-71 Blackbird: The CIA Once Had a Smaller, Faster Spy Plane The A-10 Oxcart spy plane was very useful, but it was not invincible and one was nearly killed over Vietnam. Key point: The spy plane helped keep tabs on various Cold War adversaries, especially during times of high tensions. In fact, the planes photographs of North Korean activity helped Washington decide not to launch a major retaliation in the aftermath of the seizure of the USS Pueblo. Analysis of Week’s photos located the ...

It could take to the sky as a dogfighter. Heres What You Need to Remember: Advanced air-to-air capabilities could be a gamechanger for America’s newest stealth bomber.  The U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 Raider stealth bomber could fly as early as 2021. And at least one Air Force general believes the new Northrop Grumman-made bomber could gain air-to-air capabilities in order to help it fight its way to its target. There is some precedent for a bomber aircraft with a secondary air-to-air missi...

Opinion: Hateful words dont belong in property deeds FacebookTwitterEmail Kanin Arimura, 6, climbs a tree at the park of the Old Braeswood community on which she is a resident. She visited the park with her mother and sister on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Houston.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Property deeds Regarding “Racist restrictions,” (A12, Feb. 11): In 2019, the Old Braeswood Property Owners Association decided to eliminate the racist language from the de...

A12 traffic: Air ambulance to land after four-vehicle crash and lorry overturned on major road The road is shut in both directions The road is now completely shut (Image: Essex Roads Policing Unit North) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newslette...

Advanced air-to-air capabilities could be a gamechanger for America’s newest stealth bomber.  Heres What You Need to Remember: If the B-21 does fly in 2021, as planned and ends up including the air-to-air capabilities that have been proposed, it could finally fulfill the A-12’s multi-role promise from nearly 30 years ago. The U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 Raider stealth bomber could fly as early as 2021. And at least one Air Force general believes the new Northrop Grumman-made bomber could ...

Even against the famous SR-71 Blackbird, there was no clear winner. A worthy successor to the iconic U-2 spy plane, the Lockheed A-12’s service life was nonetheless cut short by technological progress and a shifting Cold War political climate. By the early 1960s, it became clear to Washington that the latest Soviet air defense systems can credibly threaten the U-2 spy plane. The starkest illustration yet came in 1960, when a Soviet S-75 Dvina battery shot down a US U-2 aircraft. Another U-2 w...

How the A-12 Spy Plane Helped Avert War Against North Korea The planes were able to show that, despite North Korean provocations, they were not mobilizing for a full war. Key point: The USS Pueblo incident nearly caused a Second Korean War. Here is how the CIA spied out North Korea to see if Pyongyang really was preparing for another fight. 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 ti...

This spy plane played a key role in many Cold War episodes. Key point: The A-12 helped fill a missing capability as Soviet air defenses were able to threatend the U-2. Here is how the CIA used the A-12. But the Blackbird’s was actually an enlarged evolution of the Lockheed A-12, designed for service with the Central Intelligence Agency. The single-seat A-12 could fly slightly faster and higher, but it was doomed to be replaced by its heavier Air Force spinoff. By the late 1950s, aviation eng...