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Lockheed A-12

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Lockheed A-12 adalah pesawat pengintai yang dibangun untuk Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) oleh Lockheed Skunk Works, berdasarkan desain dari Clarence "Kelly" Johnson . A-12 diproduksi 1962-1964, dan telah beroperasi sejak 1963 hingga 1968. Desain kursi tunggal, yang pertama terbang pada bulan April 1962, adalah pelopor kedua kursi kembar Angkatan Udara AS YF-12 prototipe pencegat dan pesawat pengintai terkenal SR-71 Blackbird. Misi final pesawat diterbangkan pada Mei 1968, dan program dan pesawat pensiun pada bulan Juni tahun itu. Resmi rahasia selama lebih dari 40 tahun, program A-12 mulai diklasifikasikan oleh CIA pada tahun 2007.

Referensi

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  • Robarge, David. Archangel: CIA's Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2008. ISBN 1-929667-16-7.

Sumber tambahan

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  • Graham, Richard H. SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 978-0-7603-0122-7.
  • Johnson, C.L. Kelly: More Than My Share of it All. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1985. ISBN 0-87474-491-1.
  • Lovick, Edward, Jr. Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4502-4802-0.
  • Merlin, Peter W. From Archangel to Senior Crown: Design and Development of the Blackbird (Library of Flight Series). Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2008. ISBN 978-1-56347-933-5.
  • Pedlow, Gregory W. and Donald E. Welzenbach. The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954–1974. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 1992. ISBN 0-7881-8326-5.
  • Rich, Ben R. and Leo Janos. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My years at Lockheed. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. ISBN 0-316-7433.
  • Shul, Brian and Sheila Kathleen O'Grady. Sled Driver: Flying the World's Fastest Jet. Marysville, California: Gallery One, 1994. ISBN 0-929823-08-7.
  • Suhler, Paul A. From RAINBOW to GUSTO: Stealth and the Design of the Lockheed Blackbird (Library of Flight Series). Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2009. ISBN 978-1-60086-712-5.

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