64-17973

Aircraft:
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
Reg: 64-17973 photos
Serial #:
2024
Airline: United States - US Air Force (USAF)
Photo Date: May 23, 1987
Uploaded: Jun 05, 2020
Mildenhall Air Force Base - EGUN, United Kingdom

Notes:

I was very fortunate to see this amazing bird flying many times during it's operational life at EGUN, two were stationed here from 1976-1990. What i still can't get my head around was the technology when you consider what else was flying around when this was developed. There are people who think the incident at Roswell may have been a factor? We will never know is my guess.

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by John Ballantyne
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May 23, 1987

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Notes

I was very fortunate to see this amazing bird flying many times during it's operational life at EGUN, two were stationed here from 1976-1990. What i still can't get my head around was the technology when you consider what else was flying around when this was developed. There are people who think the incident at Roswell may have been a factor? We will never know is my guess.