Lockheed A-12

The Lockheed A-12 is a retired high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. The aircraft was designated A-12, the twelfth in a series of internal design efforts for "Archangel", the aircraft's internal code name. In 1959, it was selected over Convair's FISH and Kingfish designs as the winner of Project GUSTO, and was developed and operated under Project Oxcart.

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1963 — 1968  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Oxcart; Project Oxcart
length 30.97 metre, 
reconnaissance aircraft, Central Intelligence Agency, Lockheed Corporation, 

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Frameless

A12instorage

Blackbird-Canards

Lockheed A-12 Blackbird 2 (Mobile, Alabama)

A12-flying

Scale model A-12 prepared for radar cross section measurements

Lockheed A-12 03

Lockheed A-12 60-6925 at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Lockheed A-12 60-6925 at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Lockheed A-12 Blackbird (Mobile, Alabama)

Archangel1

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		A12instorage		Commons
commons	image		Blackbird-Canards		Commons
commons	image		Lockheed A-12 Blackbird 2 (Mobile, Alabama)		Commons
commons	image		A12-flying		Commons
commons	image		Scale model A-12 prepared for radar cross section measurements		Commons
commons	image		Lockheed A-12 03		Commons
commons	image		Lockheed A-12 60-6925 at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum		Commons
commons	image		Lockheed A-12 60-6925 at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum		Commons
commons	image		Lockheed A-12 Blackbird (Mobile, Alabama)		Commons
commons	image		Archangel1		Commons