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A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: Rob Arndt
Date: May 11, 2008 15:57

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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: Paul Suhler
Date: May 11, 2008 18:13

Rob Arndt wrote:

Looks like an SR. The fuselage sticks out beyond the inboard elevons.

Paul
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: Paul Suhler
Date: May 11, 2008 18:26

Paul Suhler wrote:
> Rob Arndt wrote:
>
> Looks like an SR. The fuselage sticks out beyond the inboard elevons.
>
> Paul

And I found a link to an excerpt from a book by Crickmore. It was the
number six SR.

Paul

http://books.google.com/books?id=xwPFC3GtcL8C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=747+tanker+%%22sr...
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: Dean
Date: May 12, 2008 08:56

On May 11, 9:26 pm, Paul Suhler ieee.org> wrote:
> Paul Suhler wrote:
>> Rob Arndt wrote:
>
>>> Rob
>
>> Looks like an SR. The fuselage sticks out beyond the inboard elevons.
>
>> Paul
>
> And I found a link to an excerpt from a book by Crickmore. It was the
> number six SR.
>
> Paul
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=xwPFC3GtcL8C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=7...

It's an SR. The chines extend all the way forward. On the A-12 they
did not do this.
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: John Szalay
Date: May 12, 2008 10:09

Dean gmail.com> wrote in news:938ec17f-e907-4dbe-a720-
d3e3aa286de0@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

SR-71 the logo "US Air Force" is visible, only the CIA flew the A-12

and it may be only a test hookup since the only KC-747 were built for the
Iranian Air Force in 1975 according to Boeing records. and IIRC: only the
KC-10 and the KC-135 were certified for SR refueling.

According to Boeing, 3 were modified.

this image shows the same belly paint, but labeled with the IIAF

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/382106/M/

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/767family/pdf/767tanker.pdf

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kc-25.htm
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: John Szalay
Date: May 12, 2008 10:47

Paul Suhler ieee.org> wrote in news:yQMVj.232$hJ5.178
@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com:
> Rob Arndt wrote:
>
> Looks like an SR. The fuselage sticks out beyond the inboard elevons.
>
> Paul
>

Also found this..@ http://www.blackbirds.net/sr71/sr-timeline/index.html

Last A-12 Flight
=====================================
21 Jun 1968
Last A-12 art. #131/#6937 flight, it was ferried from Groom Lake, NV to
Palmdale, Ca; CIA Pilot: Frank Murray (SME; LSW; BB)
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: MajorOz
Date: May 12, 2008 18:38

On May 12, 12:47 pm, John Szalay pullmyfinger.att.net>
wrote:
> Paul Suhler ieee.org> wrote in news:yQMVj.232$hJ5.178
> @nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
>> Rob Arndt wrote:
>
>>> Rob
>
>> Looks like an SR. The fuselage sticks out beyond the inboard elevons.
>
>> Paul
>
> Also found this..@http://www.blackbirds.net/sr71/sr-timeline/index.html
>
> Last A-12 Flight
> =====================================
> 21 Jun 1968
> Last A-12 art. #131/#6937 flight, it was ferried from Groom Lake, NV to ...
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: Paul A. Suhler
Date: May 12, 2008 21:13

Dean gmail.com> wrote:
>On May 11, 9:26 pm, Paul Suhler ieee.org> wrote:
>> Paul Suhler wrote:
>>> Rob Arndt wrote:
>>
>>>> Rob
>>
>>> Looks like an SR. The fuselage sticks out beyond the inboard elevons.
>>
>>> Paul
>>
>> And I found a link to an excerpt from a book by Crickmore. It was the
>> number six SR.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=xwPFC3GtcL8C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=7...
>
>It's an SR. The chines extend all the way forward. On the A-12 they ...
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Re: A-12 or SR Refueling???         


Author: Paul A. Suhler
Date: May 12, 2008 21:18

MajorOz centurytel.net> wrote:
>
>I don't know which it is, but..........
>
>In the ongoing conversations about this bird in its many
>manifestations, I hear a version called an A-12.
>
>Back in the day (1959), there was an A-11.
>Then in 63 or so, there was a YF-12A
>Eventually, there was the SR-71
>
>Is it because these were exclusively AF designators, and the "A-12"
>was CIA?
>
>All these recollections are from increasingly calcified wetware.
>
>cheers
>
>oz
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