Lockheed Sr-71 Operations in Europe and the Middle East

by Paul F. Crickmore

An icon of American military might during the Cold War (1946-1991), the Lockheed SR-71 'Blackbird' had covered itself in glory during the aircraft's debut in over-flights of North Vietnam and North Korea. When the US intelligence community realized that the aircraft could fly faster and higher than any Soviet fighter, and outrun most surface-to-air missiles, they instructed the United States Air Force to establish a European detachment of the aircraft...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846034183
• ISBN13: 9781846034183
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.7"