Why Did the CIA Retire The AR-12 Oxcart Spy Plane? What Took It's Place?
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.
Source: nationalinterest.org
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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.
The plane's performance wasn't the issue.
It wasn't the Soviet Union.
The SR-71's speed worked as a defense.
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