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    Airframe Family: Lockheed A-12 / SR-71 Blackbird
    Latest Model:A-12
    Last Military Serial:60-6931 USAF
    Construction Number:Article 128
    Compressed ID:Lockheed A-12 sn 60-6931 USAF cn Ar...
    Latest Owner or Location:Central Intelligence Agency, McLean, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-12.

    Circa 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-6931.

    15 May 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number AF0005.

    To Minnesota Air National Guard Museum, Minnesota ANG-133rd AW, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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    6 May 2006


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    2007

    To Central Intelligence Agency, McLean, VA.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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