Unclassified // For public releaseRELEASE 001 — OXCART — In developmentDoc. BSB/PUB/26-01
BLACKSITE BOYS
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BSB-1962-016
A black Lockheed A-12, serial 60-6932, in flight above clouds. One canopy; the forward chines run to the nose.
PL. 01A-12 60-6932 (Article 129). Released with the caption “YF-12”; the serial on the fin says otherwiseU.S. Air Force photo

Program 004 — Project Oxcart

Before the Blackbird there was OXCART: a single-seat CIA aircraft that the Air Force later reworked into the SR-71. This piece records the difference.

Objective:
Photograph denied territory from 90,000 feet at three times the speed of sound.
Operator:
Central Intelligence Agency.
Crew:
One.
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