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To: Ben Ficklin
Originally the A-10s(CIA) and SR 71s(Air Force) were single seaters

You are correct about the CIA 'A'rchangel being single-seat but the only built versions were the '12' versions; A-12, YF-12A and then the M-21 (launch platform for D-21 drone). The YF-12A was the USAF designation for the Interceptor version of this airframe and identifiable by the nose lacking the smooth chines of the other models to accommodate the Hughes AN/ASG-18 fire-control radar. However the 3 YF-12As were all two-seaters, pilot & radar operator. Two of the YF-12As were lost but the remaining one is at Wright-Patterson USAF Museum in Dayton, OH.

The 9 surviving A-12s are on display at the following locations;

A-12 60-6924 at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum Annex, Blackbird Airpark, at Plant 42, Palmdale, California.
A-12 60-6925 at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, parked on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, New York City.
A-12 60-6927 the two-seat trainer at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.
A-12 60-6930 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
A-12 60-6931 at the CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia.
A-12 60-6933 at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
A-12 60-6937 at the Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama.
A-12 60-6938 at the Battleship Memorial Park (USS Alabama), Mobile, Alabama.
M-21 60-6940 at the Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington.

55 posted on 07/29/2016 9:50:28 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: SES1066

Yes, to complete your splendid list, YF-12A 60-6936 is the one at Wright-Patterson USAF Museum in Dayton, OH. 934 and 935 were lost.
I had the pleasure to be on the engineering test team at Edwards while stationed there. Good times.


60 posted on 07/29/2016 10:13:40 AM PDT by bytesmith
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