A-12 Рассекреченный Локхид A-12 Блэкберд: Пересмотренное / Юбилейное издание 60 лет

This book is a revised/ hard cover edition of the original "A-12 Declassified". It is also a celebration of the 60 years since the creation of the magnificent A-12 OXCART and her first flights at Area 51 in April of 1962. This edition contains updates and many color/B/W photos. At Mach 3.2, the A-12 Blackbird was the fastest aircraft in the world when it first flew in 1962. Sixty years later, she still holds that record. The A-12 was designed from the beginning to be a pure surveillance plane for the CIA, capable of shooting nothing but high-resolution film. She excelled in that role, more details of its performance and missions are now declassified. sing CIA connections and persistence, the authors used the Freedom of Information Act to unveil and declassify much of the information found in this book when it first was published. We are now updating this book with more information on the programs and the aircraft. Find out why the SR-71 was chosen as the successor to the A-12. Learn about the previously top-secret capabilities and missions these aircraft accomplished. After sixty years, the A-12 is still a record holder and still a most incredible aircraft.