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The Lockheed A-12 is a retired high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. The aircraft was designated A-12, the twelfth in a series of internal design efforts for "Archangel", the aircraft's internal ...
The General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American attack aircraft from General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas. It was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marine Corps .
Unite the Right rally, referred to as "A12" locally, a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which took place on August 12, 2017 X Æ A-12, the son of Elon Musk A highly desirable performance option for the 1969 Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee with a 440 engine and special transmission and differential features.
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy.
Lockheed XP-900; Lockheed YF-12; Lockheed A-11 (A - Archangel - not military) Lockheed A-12 (A - Archangel - not military) Lockheed L-1 Vega; Lockheed L-2 Vega; Lockheed L-3 Air Express; Lockheed L-4 Explorer; Lockheed L-5 Vega; Lockheed L-7 Explorer; Lockheed L-8 Altair; Lockheed L-8 Sirius; Lockheed L-9 Orion; Lockheed L-10 Electra; Lockheed ...
Lockheed's was designated the A-12, and was a variation of their A-11 design. President Eisenhower was briefed on 20 July and he approved moving ahead with a final decision. On 20 August, the companies presented their final designs for Kingfish and the A-12. Lockheed's design was estimated to have longer range, higher altitude and lower cost. [5]
The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Air Force) to Captain Mele Vojvodich, Jr., United States Air Force, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as a Pilot with the 15th ...
Since Bissell was the primary architect of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, he bore the brunt of the blame. As a face-saving exit from the CIA, Kennedy offered him a post as director of a new science and technology department. It would leave Bissell in charge of developing the Lockheed A-12, the new spy plane that would make the U-2 obsolete ...