Lockheed SR-71 Operations in the Far East

by Paul F. Crickmore

Even before the first operational flight of the legendary Lockheed U-2 spy plane, aircraft design genius Kelly Johnson began work with his team at the company's Skunk Works plant on the type's replacement. The result was the SR-71. First deployed on March 9, 1968, this tri-sonic 'hotrod' flew its first operational sortie over North Vietnam just 12 days later. On that debut mission, the Blackbird overflew surface-to-air missile sites with complete...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846033195
• ISBN13: 9781846033193
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.5"