I saw this today while wrapping up my affairs work. (Read that: "while out screwing around on the clock.")
Anyone want to guess what this is and where it's at? (And yes, I blurred out it's tail number...ya didn't think I was gonna make it
that easy, did you?)
SR-71, looks kinda like the one at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Pretty amazing for an aircraft that first flew over 50 years ago; still holds speed and altitude records.
ReplyDeleteNope on both counts. With your screen name, I'da figured that you'd have nailed it. ;-)
DeleteHey, I only saw them from perimeter road at Kadena, (and once from Habu Hill, before the cops showed up and confiscated my film). Or, occasionally shooting TOLs between missions.
DeleteI knew WHAT it was (A-12) but I had to cheat to figure out WHERE. So I'll leave that half for someone else. :)
ReplyDeleteNo idea where it is, but I'm 99% sure it's a Lockheed, A-12, the CIA's single-seat version of the SR-71. And unless you're at Langley, I have no idea where it might... wait... that building in the background looks familiar...
ReplyDeleteHOLY FLARK!!!! YOU'RE AT CIA HQ?!?!?!?!
Definitely an A-12, as there's no rear cockpit windows, and the nose is a bit pointier.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the location goes....well. if I told you, I'd have to...well...you know....
DeleteCIA?
ReplyDeleteCIA HQ, Langley
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Didn't know they had one. The only one I've ever seen was the one in Sandy Eggo.
ReplyDeleteHere's an overhead shot of the same bird.