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Reply #30 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 1:02am

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ehhh not trying to steal the spotlight but didnt i have some credit? Tongue

And by the way, does the US still do overflies with the SR71 still? Even better, are they overflying North Korea with it? We need to be.

I believe the SR-71 was retired some years ago, early 1990s if I remember right. But, the U-2 is still in use I think and they are probably surveying Korea with something (U-2, satelites, drones???).

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Reply #31 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 1:12am

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I believe the CIA still have a couple of Blackbirds in use but the USAF did retire theirs a while back. One of them is now on display at Duxford 8)

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Reply #32 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 8:32am

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IIRC the last admitted use of a Blackbird was damage assessment after the 1986 bombing of Libya.

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Reply #33 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 5:06pm

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ah ok thanks

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Reply #34 - Mar 13^th, 2006 at 12:14pm

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Many years ago when I worked for NASA, I used to go through the hanger with NASA's SR71 every day to get to my hangar. That thing leaked like a sieve. It had pans all under it. Reason why is when it's at altitude and speed, the metal expands and seals right up. Even though I saw it every day, I never saw it fly. Although, my wife did, qhite often as she went about her activities back at home.

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