And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The second one from the bottom is a trainer. See the bump behind the cockpit? The U-2s had the same setup. I used to watch both planes coming and going from Beale AFB. A county road is right off the end of the runway. It was hard to keep your eyes on the road when those guys were coming and going.
The really amazing part is that the Blackbird flew in 1964. Amazing what a bunch of engineers with slide-rules can do. I think these are A-12s because I can't see the back-seaters window on any of them and the fuselages are not painted. The CIA painted USAF insignia on their A-12s because the CIA wasn't supposed to have them. Al_in_Ottawa
These are A-12's. Both these and the SR-71's should/would still be in use and production if gdam McNamara hadn't ordered the dies and tooling destroyed... Can you IMAGINE how hot they'd be now with all the advances in Electronics, metallurgy, etc.... There is still NOTHING that can do what they did in the right situations and applied properly...just pisses me off thinking about what else that s.o.b. did....
No, they wouldn't. We vastly improved on that technology thirty years ago. Those are antiquated dinosaurs. If you seriously think we retired the entire SR-71 fleet without something much better to replace it, I have a bridge for sale, cheap. Bring cash in small bills.
McNamara's eff-ups are numerous and legendary. The "best and the brightest" moniker from the Kennedy Administration was a PR con job. LBJ allowed McNamara to continue his damage.
One of his biggest screw-ups was Project 100,000. McNamara thought it would be a great idea to sweep the streets of the inner cities and place the low IQ products in uniform. An IQ as low as 80 met the standard. The results were "retards in green." I had one in my platoon. As dim-witted and useless a person as God ever made.
The result was that they performed badly and got killed more often due to their poor intellect.
A flock of blackbirds!
ReplyDeleteI am guessing that these might be A-12s rather than SR-71s. Blackbirds either way.
ReplyDeleteThe second one from the bottom is a trainer. See the bump behind the cockpit?
ReplyDeleteThe U-2s had the same setup. I used to watch both planes coming and going from Beale AFB. A county road is right off the end of the runway. It was hard to keep your eyes on the road when those guys were coming and going.
The really amazing part is that the Blackbird flew in 1964. Amazing what a bunch of engineers with slide-rules can do.
ReplyDeleteI think these are A-12s because I can't see the back-seaters window on any of them and the fuselages are not painted. The CIA painted USAF insignia on their A-12s because the CIA wasn't supposed to have them.
Al_in_Ottawa
The most I saw at one time was 3 at Kadena AB. 1984 or 1985.
ReplyDeleteAaand the Commies are still afraid of our tech.
ReplyDeleteBut not for long.
DeleteHow long do you think "forever" is?
DeleteThey've had a massive, hard-won, and well-deserved inferiority complex since history began.
A-12s at Area 51.
ReplyDeleteAmazing machines, back before the competency/Affirmative action/DEI crisis.
ReplyDeleteThese are A-12's. Both these and the SR-71's should/would still be in use and production if gdam McNamara hadn't ordered the dies and tooling destroyed... Can you IMAGINE how hot they'd be now with all the advances in Electronics, metallurgy, etc.... There is still NOTHING that can do what they did in the right situations and applied properly...just pisses me off thinking about what else that s.o.b. did....
ReplyDeleteNo, they wouldn't.
DeleteWe vastly improved on that technology thirty years ago.
Those are antiquated dinosaurs.
If you seriously think we retired the entire SR-71 fleet without something much better to replace it, I have a bridge for sale, cheap.
Bring cash in small bills.
McNamara's eff-ups are numerous and legendary. The "best and the brightest" moniker from the Kennedy Administration was a PR con job. LBJ allowed McNamara to continue his damage.
ReplyDeleteOne of his biggest screw-ups was Project 100,000. McNamara thought it would be a great idea to sweep the streets of the inner cities and place the low IQ products in uniform. An IQ as low as 80 met the standard. The results were "retards in green." I had one in my platoon. As dim-witted and useless a person as God ever made.
The result was that they performed badly and got killed more often due to their poor intellect.
I have a feeling we ain't seen nothing yet.
DeleteLikely also wore their lucky bell when they jumped into the spider hole.
Deletem9777 says: Amen! McNamara was as bad as the current dolt.
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