Osprey Military Aircraft : Lockheed SR-71 : Secret Missions Exposed

Tasked with performing highly classified recce missions, Lockheed's SR-71 is undoubtedly the most impressive military jet ever built. This latest edition reviews the alliance between NASA and the Lockheed project, and features a fully detailed complete listing of USAF missions flown out of Kadena. Also detailed are the flights from Beale AFB in California and RAF Mildenhall in England, as the SR-71 monitored Soviet nuclear submarines in the Arctic Circle the Baltic. The SR-71 story features contributions from 70 crewmembers and six generals who discuss their experiences and judgements of the Blackbird project. Text by Paul Crickmore.

Contents

• To Wat
• 'Gusto, Oxcart and Tagboard'
• Cabbage Slicers and Tailfeathers
• The 1960's : Genesis
• Beale Recon
• 'OL-8'
• DET 4
• Politics