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U.S.AIR FORCE
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Lockheed YF-12A
Engine: Two Pratt & Whitney J58s of
32,500 lbs. thrust ea. with afterburners
Top Speed: Over 2,000 mph
Length: 101 ft.
Height: 18 ft. 6 in.
Span: 55 ft. 7 in.
Range: Over 2,000 miles
Ceiling: Above 80,000 ft.
YF-12A was developed as a high altitude Mach 3 interceptor for
defense against supersonic bombers. Although never operational, it
was forerunner of SR-71 high altitude strategic recon aircraft and set
speed and altitude records of 2,070 mph and 80,258 ft. in 1965.
YF-12A displayed at USAF Museum, W-PAFB, Ohio was flown there
in 1979.
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