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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
Feature Favorite
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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