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Re: Edwards AFB
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Allison
Subject: Re: Edwards AFB
> > Hey guys, today I was in Edwards AFB and saw the F-22 Raptor 01
> > taxing to her hangar, and next to the hangar was a SR-71 with the two
> > vertical stabilizer removed! Anyone know which SR-71 was and what was
> > doing there?
>
> The SR-71 was probably 968, the next SR they were about to restore
> to flight status when Clinton killed the program. It was towed over to
> where the USAF ones were kept in order to get it out of the way. I sus-
> pect eventually USAF will try and destroy it.
>
> Art
Actually they've taken the high road and given all 4 flyable SR's to NASA,
and the other 2 are going to museums. I'd rather see all 6 go to NASA,
but as long as they don't melt them down and make golf clubs out of them,
I count it as a win for our side. More details on 968's fate here:
http://www.richmond.com/StyleWeekly/output.cfm?ID=3389
David Allison
webmaster@habu.org
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Created: Fri Sep 3 11:24:58 EDT 1999