Lockheed SR-71

Secret Missions Exposed

• Author(s): Paul Crickmore,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Pages: 280
• ISBN_10: 1841760986
  ISBN_13: 9781841760988
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Military / Aviation & Space ,

Description:... Tasked with performing highly classified missions, Lockheed's SR-71 is an impressive military jet. This volume reviews the alliance between NASA and the Lockheed project, and features a fully detailed 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 and the Baltic. The SR-71 story features contributions from 70 crewmembers and six generals who discuss their experiences and judgements of the Blackbird project.