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The Lockheed YF-12 is an American Mach 3+ capable, high-altitude interceptor prototype, developed and manufactured by American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. The interceptor was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potential replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart interceptor for the United States Air Force (USAF).
The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds.
YF-681 - damaged in the 10 November 1944 explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor at Manus Island YFN-685, later YRR-4, YR-89 YFN-699, later YC-1354
The YF-12 program was a limited production variant of the A-12. Lockheed convinced the U.S. Air Force that an aircraft based on the A-12 would provide a less costly alternative to the recently canceled North American Aviation XF-108, since much of the design and development work on the YF-12 had already been done and paid for. Thus, in 1960 the ...
From 1963 to 1968, he served as test director of the YF-12 and SR-71 test force. [7] He was the first military pilot to fly the YF-12A interceptor and the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft. [1] Stephens and Andre after their record setting YF-12A flight in 1965
Melton averaged 10.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game with the Warriors this season, his first with the team. He signed a one-year, $12.8 million deal with the team this past offseason after he ...
A "strong person of interest" was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, after finding he had a fake ID with the same name as the one used by the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...
YF-12: Interceptor Lockheed Corporation: ... The YF-17 was the culmination of several Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang; continuing through the F-5 family.