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    Airframe Family: Lockheed A-12 / SR-71 Blackbird
    Latest Model:SR-71B Blackbird
    Last Military Serial:831 NASA
    Construction Number:2007
    Compressed ID:Lockheed SR-71B sn 831 NASA cn 2007...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    From 18 June 1964 to 20 May 1965

    Constructed as a SR-71B.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-7956.

    Transferred to 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 831.

    From 1991 to 1997

    Transferred to Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Used for training vs research.

    1996


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    1996


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    September 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NASA Dryden, Edwards AFB, CA

    19 October 1997

    Last flight.

    1999

    Assigned to Edwards AFB, CA for storage.

    2002

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    28 March 2003

    Loaned to Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
    The delivery date is provided.
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    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    SR-71 Online by Paul R. Kucher
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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