928 and 930 partially in the hangar at Groom Dry Lake, sometime in 1964 - photo courtesy TD Barnes |
Another view of the two camels - photo courtesy TD Barnes |
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928 and 930 partially in the hangar at Groom Dry Lake, sometime in 1964 - photo courtesy TD Barnes |
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Another view of the two camels - photo courtesy TD Barnes |
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930 was one of only three A-12s that were deployed operationally to Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan. After being in storage in Palmdale with the other A-12s for 23 years, 930 was transported to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. |
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At first she had borne the markings of the YF-12s flown by NASA from 1969 thru 1979, even though none of the A-12s were ever flown by NASA.
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930 on display at Huntsville, AL, August 2002 - photo copyright David Allison |
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 ...and the yellow NASA stripe was replaced by the contemporary and much-maligned NASA "worm." Even worse, the display signage shows the aircraft as an SR-71, not an A-12, and nothing designating it as an operational Oxcart. But if that wasn't bad enough... |
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