A-12 Archangel the CIA’s Secret Spy Plane Revealed

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[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Arch (ark) Archangel (Ark-Angel)

[@Dstew57A]

Never forget the first time I walked around the SR 71…I was just in awe

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Epic right!?

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

It’s such an amazing aircraft.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

It’s a gorgeous plane.

[@OrionsMako]

I heard that thing going over Gulf Breeze back in the 70s, it had a distinctive sound.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Fun fact about the SR-71: The US had to source most of the titanium used in the -71’s airframe from the USSR. America’s titanium reserves are extremely limited. The USSR, of course, has loads of the stuff. The CIA ultimately ended up creating a complicated web of shell companies to shift all that Soviet titanium to the US. Presumably if the US was interested in pursuing a similar project today they’d rely more on composites and less on rare metals.

[@docyt]

There is an A12 on display outside of the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. You can also see it on the southside of the freeway (I565) when driving past the center.

[@cub8556]

This is such a great channel. Thank you for the content

[@christophersmith5105]

@Andrews AFB 25 years ago it was only called the A-12 Oxcart { testbed for SR-71 }

[@AlphaGatorDCS]

Awesome documentary!

[@EDCandLace]

Just standing in person looking at the a12 of SR71 literally gave me chills bumps. Thinking about what the plane did for the world (very likely saved human kind) along with what the plane was capable of and thinking about what the pilots did/saw/knew literally give me chill bumps and shivers.

[@EDCandLace]

Or****

[@Thunder_6278]

Max, my guess is the initial pilots came from the cadre of NASA F-104 Starfighter and X-15 programs. If you can fly an F-104, can fly damn near anything. DCS will give you a taste of the challenges for the Starfighter.

[@supertec2023]

The original pilots were lockheed test pilots Louis Shaulk Bill Park Jim Eastham and Robert Gilliland. There were also CIA test pilots as well for the ox cart program and then later on air force test pilots for the yf12a and SR-71 programs. A lot more than I can put in a small few paragraphs.

[@supertec2023]

I had many years ago I had the chance to spend several days with James Eastham. He was the YF12a first pilot flew the A-12 and the SR-71. He had a lot of interesting stories I really wish you would have published a book back then because there was a lot of stuff that will never know I only know what he told me and he had a lot of interesting stories about the program.

[@keedronst]

Was it also called the Oxcart

[@z1107eod]

Yes

[@wicked1172]

Great story !

[@pjsneeringer5942]

God knows what CUA has/operates currently! UFO ANY1?

[@Ghost-lj2io]

If I'm not mistaken, this plane was used in one of Call Of Duty games, or Battlefield

[@robstanton9215]

Ok, what’s up bro? Let’s get a couple of Vipers and go play!!

[@devilcharger]

Max, have you done a video on the New F-15 🤔What are your thoughts on it?

[@johngilbert6036]

Your Anti aircraft missile was a V-2

[@teemoore4967]

And here we go..😂😂

[@hotlanta35]

The A12 was able to carry air to air missiles

[@supertec2023]

The YF 12 A was an interceptor version for the Air Force it carried three missiles gar nines are aim 47 and the ASG 18 radar. Those missiles and radar systems were then used on the f-14 tomcat.

[@G_de_Coligny]

Still waiting for these guys to admit the F19 was real and the F117 was only its cover up…

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Interesting

[@Mike-01234]

I think they wanted someone who was married so they would be less likely to fly to Russia and defect leave a wife and family behind. I'm sure the Russians would have loved to have gotten their hands on one of these.

[@mikestewart4752]

Meanwhile, China got barroons. 🤦

[@superdude4402]

The thing was a flying gas can, literally. There was no fuel tanks, the fuel was in the fuselage. Imagine your car having gas in the doors and fenders.