Thanks for a great post Sully! I new a couple guys that were on the same base where an SR-71 was stationed and they always said it was something else to watch roll out and take off. They also mentioned that the North Vietnamese were very frustrated that they could never get one. They would come in over the country and be back out before their radar could make a full sweep. They say it was the photo satellites put in orbit that really killed off the Blackbird but as mentioned the costs of operating the "Birds" was expensive. The "Blackbird" was perhaps the greatest plane every produced.
2011 Merlot and Black TG
1969-1972 USAF 6910th SS
2011 Merlot and Black TG
1969-1972 USAF 6910th SS