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photo courtesy NASA/DFRC

973 was the last SR-71 to be retired prior to the wing deactivation in February 1990.  She last flew on July 21, 1987. She was towed from storage in Palmdale to Blackbird Airpark, where she sits next to the A-12 prototype and D-21 #525. - USAF photo via Tony Landis

This and the photos below were taken on Sunday, September 9, 2001. - photo by David Allison


973 doing a good job of not looking like a museum piece. - photo by David Allison



973, 924 and 525, vaguely reminiscent of the cover of Trilogy.  Photo taken November 1998. - photo by David Allison





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