SR-71 BLACKBIRD/61-7976
Serial #: 61-7976
Construction #: 2027
Civil Registration: None
Construction #: 2027
Civil Registration: None
Model: SR-71A Blackbird
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2021
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2021
History:
Delivered to the United States Air Force as 61-7976.
Delivered to the United States Air Force as 61-7976.
- BOC: July 1867.
- Assigned to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, CA.
- First operational sortie by an SR-71A when Ed Payne and Jerry O'Malley flew her over Vietnam, Mar 21, 1968.
- Flew more sorties (942) than any other SR-71, including 257 operational missions from Beale AFB, Palmdale, Kadena AB Okinawa, and RAF Mildenhall.
- Made its last flight as it flew to the Air Force Museum, OH, Mar 27, 1990.
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