Lockheed YF-12 | Cool but expensive

The Lockheed YF-12 is a high-speed interceptor created by the Lockheed Skunk Works division on the basis of the A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, ordered by the United States Air Force in the early 1960s. The breakthrough solutions and design of the A-12, as well as the developments of the never-created North American XF-108 Rapier, made it possible to create an interceptor with outstanding capabilities, flight speeds three times faster than the speed of sound and the most advanced weaponry.
However, the unique capabilities had their price and at the stage of testing of 3 prototypes it became clear that the mass use of future F-12s would be incredibly expensive. For this reason, already at the end of the 1960s, the program was, in fact, closed. However, the YF-12 became a research platform that provided the basis for many other programs, both scientific and military.
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[@razony]

I had a model airplane, of what I thought was the SR-71 in 1970 with a missile. I was always told, the SR-71 never had weapons and always argued it did. I had a model to prove it. Now I know, it was a YF-12. A nuclear bullet.

[@markfergerson2145]

You talking about the 1968 Revell kit? It was indeed labeled SR-71 on the boxtop but also came with alternate nose chines for the optical sensors and the alternate nose for the radar (the nose wouldn't stay on mine) as well as the "Qball" CIA nose and smooth chines. It had the optional fuselage ventral tailfin (could be glued down or folded) and engine nacelle ventral fins, and missiles with doors that could be glued open or closed (they were in the wrong places but still). The instructions were very unclear about which accessory options denoted which version of the plane (no wonder) and there was a fairly large decal sheet with all sorts of crap on it, but of course no NASA decals like the later re-issues. It was one of my favorite model kits too- my older brother (who was in the USAF at the time) asked me to explain every part of it (to the best of my ability) and even asked why I thought the vertical fins were angled inward.

[@razony]

@@markfergerson2145 Pretty much as I remembered it. Thanks my friend.

[@fugginrambo]

My dad bought me this for my first model in early 80s! I totally forgot about that, u just unlocked a lost memory for me. Thanks 🙏

[@madeintexas3d442]

I had the same one! I was wondering why it looked familiar because I have never been to Seattle.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

1950's: U2 is great but needs to be replaced. 2021: The U2 is great, all its replacements are retired.

[@greateraviationgl91]

Just like the B-52 Stratofortress: all its replacement are retired. The B-58 Hustler is good at supersonic speed, but limited range and payload means it was not interest and along with other flaws including high lost rate, cost and obsolete operations means the B-58 never saw combat and never served long. The XB-70 Valkyrie is great at altitude and speed of Mach 3, but their mission was not interest. 1st; The U-2 incident in 1960 showed that Air Defense missile technology can track both bombers and interceptors at high altitude, which the Air Force decided to change requirement from high-altitude nuclear to low-altitude penetration bomber, but the Valkyrie couldn’t fly faster then Mach 0.95, slower then the B-52, burn much more fuel while having a smaller payload. 2nd; the ICBM technology means that they were cheaper and unmanned to deliver a nuclear delivery. And 3rd: The whole Valkyrie program was extremly expensive. For these reasons, the sister bomber was cancelled by politics and became into a research aircraft to studie supersonic speed. The B-1 Lancer is good at low-level penetration into enemy airspace and could even fly through mountains, but dosen’t have much survivalbility as the B-52. Besides, the Soviet Pilot's defect to the West on his Mig-25 and the introduction of the Mig-31 came so many questions that President Carter decided to cancel the program. But in the 80s, Ronald Reagan resumed the program and became into the B-1B. Still, the Lancer don’t have so much survivalbility as the B-52 and the Air Force decided to keep the B-1B atleast to 2036. The B-2 Spirit is a great bomber with stealth and flying wing concept which made it undetected by radars, but suffered cost overruns and defence budget reduction and made the B-2 the most expensive bomber ever with a price tag of $2.1 billion. The new B-21 Raider will become the main US Air Force bomber by 2040, but again, cost overruns and delays pushed the Air Force to use the B-52 for the next couple of decades with new avionics, engines and new weapons. With all that said, its clear that the other bombers have failed to replace the B-52, which allow the Stratofortress aka the BUFF to live for 100 years. Long live the veteran.

[@KernowekTim]

Very well said! The best comment of the lot for me Andrew. If 'they' ever 'have a satellite war' someday, who's to say an up -graded '71 won't appear again for certain tasks. I doubt it though, yet stranger things have occured.

[@gehtdianschasau8372]

@@greateraviationgl91 You don't need a fast or sophisticated plane, to drop bombs on civillians, they can't defend themselfes anyway, so the b-52 still does the job.

[@greateraviationgl91]

@@gehtdianschasau8372 yeah sure, my non-avgeek

[@jaex9617]

@@gehtdianschasau8372 uncomfortable truths

[@usgator]

My dad is retired AF and we were stationed at Vandenburg AFB, CA. One of his buddies got transferred to Edwards, just a few hours away, so we’d go visit them often. I remember seeing these flying around with a chase plane. This was in the early 80s and my folks are still friends with that guy and his wife.

[@treatb09]

Retired as fuck XD

[@gregobern6084]

Hear say and rumour from remote Mt. Home AFB : the SR 71 would leave after sunset and return before dawn. During daylight hours it was kept out of sight. Once in a while a dark shadowy object might taxi around. The F 111 was every one a basket case and arrived on a railroad flat car.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

The amount of planes being developed between 1950 and 1970 is bonkers.

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

amazing, isn't it? The Brits and Americans, and French to a lesser extent, had all the plans of the German rocket and jet programme developed in haste, and built on those plans, again in haste to beat the Russians to high speed, high altitude aircraft. A lot of stuff was at the very edge of known avionics, hence the Farnborough Air Show disaster and other failures of engines and airframes, but it's incredible what can be done when the chips are down. Somehow it's not the same now state to state aggression is through financial sanctions, computer hacking and removal of aid programmes.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

@@bellerophonchallen8861 I wonder if there's ever an alien invasion, and the aliens aren't god-like in their powers and tech, would the human race have enough time to steal some alien tech, reverse engineer it, and use a concerted research and manufacturing process to fight back before we lose the war for Earth?

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Possibly if we were intelligent enough to convince them they should trade with us. I wonder if the American military would do that? Whatever came across galactic space would be far in advance of us If they came from a nearby star they would still have to be traveling for at least four years at the speed of light (the distance to Barnards Star). I do wonder if some of our politicians are actually an advanced guard of aliens but the main armies would be traveling in the space equivalent of bi-planes judging by our politicians level of intelligence!

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

@@bellerophonchallen8861 Galactic bi-plane equivalent. Nice. Sort of lead with the super high-tech lightspeed craft to impress/terrify the Earthlings but then we discover after we surrender that they're Ferengi junk freighters.

[@filanfyretracker]

@@bellerophonchallen8861 equal of space biplanes sounds like "A Road Not Taken", a short scifi story where it turns out FTL travel and gravity manipulation for easy spaceflight are stupid simple. Only Earth never got the memo, so a ship of aliens shows up to do some invading. Problem is they thought they would scare the locals with muskets, story was set in the mid 20th century so it did not go well. for the aliens.

[@aaronlopez3585]

Growing up in that generation the feeling and promise of the space age captures my imagination. The SR 71,YF 12, XB 70 and B 58 Hustler were my favorites and I truly enjoyed this videos. Thank you so very much.

[@matsv201]

Intresting the xb70 was the heaviest aircraft at that date

[@sargera1]

A12 weeps in corner.

[@treybailey8463]

@@sargera1 that’s what I was thinking

[@bobthompson4319]

The F-108 rapier would have been an awesome jet. A interceptor that's as fast as the SR-71. AWESOME

[@TR6Telos]

I gave a talk to my school class in 1971 showing the Revell SR71.

[@timaz1066]

Nice job. I lived in Palmdale, CA where air force plant 42 is. This is where Lockheed did the depot level maintenance on these planes. So I got to see them come in and out of plant 42 airport all of the time. The only jet that has the crackle sound of a rocket when in afterburner.

[@lucifermorningstar4548]

False. The SR-71 at sea level is no different than any other afterburning turbojet of the same era with similar power, or even modern jets with similar power. The difference came from the intake and bleed air rerouting system at altitude. The Concorde engine is very similar minus the spike and air routing system (also the Concorde supercruised which the SR-71 could not do, but admittedly was much faster).

[@timaz1066]

@@lucifermorningstar4548 Another internet expert...The J58 is The only jet that has the crackle sound of a rocket when in afterburner. As I said I heard this jet take off 1000s of times living in Palmdale, CA.

[@majikkskates9084]

Love how you show the changes on the blueprint, Thankyou. This makes me think I see a bit of the Avro Arrow in the YF-12s cockpit setup

[@justinlance4174]

They were technically in development around the same time. With basically the same mission.

[@glennquagmire3258]

I like how they say this is where the program ends and the last model is on display at "X" museum in some city. The in the last few years, planes like the U-2 and the SR-71 and A-12 have shown up in modern-day missions. It seems there were a few more made than were really known about and kept around "just in case. They were so good, it made more sense to keep a few ready for service and ready with some trained personnel for certain missions that called for their unique capabilities. It is a real testament to Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunkworks team and their slide rules. I had never heard of the "C" version till today and its armed capabilities. Makes sense, though. You need the right tool for the job and with Colonel Steve Austin, and Jamie Somers retired, it is up to proven planes the adversaries do not expect to see.

[@IGrocker]

The U2 is still in use, where are you seeing that they pulled the A12/SR71 out of retirement?

[@AN_PVS-2]

Guess you could say I clicked at mach speeds when I saw the video 😎

[@musti3853]

Actually impossible

[@seabasso6849]

@@musti3853 up

[@HereticalKitsune]

The additional fins at the bottom are really cool and give them an even more menacing outline.

[@mdbryan9525]

My uncle was a fire control officer on the YF-12. He had some great stories.

[@e.s.5529]

IMAGINE WHAT WE (United States) HAVE NOW ....what do people here think we have...any thoughts . Such a great job sir..just facts no bias.

[@BlauLion]

Never disappointed by the narrator ! He'll now going to the moon 🌙

[@littleianthefirst4934]

First thing Russian defector mig pilot Belenko asked for was to have a close look at the A12 and Blackbird program, he couldn't believe it's brilliance, it was explained to him that 'this is what people are capable of when they believe they are free.'

[@wfranceschi3606]

I remember while stationed on okinawa the sr71 flying in and out of kadena it was mesmerizing .

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

Excellent, informative, and entertaining.

[@Errcyco]

All that b roll made this watchable thanks dude

[@djaneczko4]

Thank you again sir! Great video!

[@ryancotton8311]

Lets not forget the A-12 CB. Took off from a carrier with JATO rockets and landed at a base. Kelly couldnt sell it though. I built a 1/48 scale years ago using all kinds of kits for Nordic Con. We won that group cuz everyone loves the A-12! 😂

[@bensmith7536]

Love your channel Eng, more please.

[@Errcyco]

Kinda cool how the first NASA pilots were dudes who earned their stripes test flying these amazing planes. Even in 2021 these planes are still so high tech it’s hard to understand. The men who engineered this thing were beasts.

[@RENEBACON]

At the time of the construction of the spy plane, the United States still did not master the technology of industrial production of titanium needed to make the airframe. Therefore, titanium material was purchased by the CIA intelligence service, through pushed companies, from a single producer - the Soviet Union

[@Errcyco]

@@RENEBACON I’ve read that too. Read somewhere else someone leaked that the Soviets knew this from the beginning but they wanted to know where it was going and for what.. so they did just that. The knowledge outweighed the risk in their eyes. If they could figure out what they (we) were building they could start implementing features to make it obsolete before we finished. Thing is for as much as they knew where it was going and that it was definitely military.. they figured it wasn’t a big deal. How wrong they were. But, they also made a lot of money on it too. If memory serves, after a ton of spying and years of speculation the Soviets decided we were using it to manufacture something that was going into space and that was beyond valuable. Ironically while it wasn’t for a space craft… the planes cruising altitude was damn near in space. They also didn’t realize it was taking pictures even though that was one of the first thoughts as they realized what was happening… to them there was no way you could get any discernible image from that high up with gen 1 military cameras. How wrong they were. Imagine what type of craft is in development now… let your practicality guard down and imagine for a second the advancements in just propulsion alone in the last 60 years. I think us and possibly the UK are close to having the technology we associate with aliens/unexplainable.

[@EstorilEm]

Indeed - the SR-71 at the Dulles/Chantilly air and space museum set 3 world speed records on its last flight to the museum for retirement. That’s probably one of the coolest facts about that particular airframe when I visit the museum, every time I tell people that their jaws drop - it was THAT good.

[@usedcarsokinawa]

I was stationed at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa and we’d watch the SR-71 take off nightly with afterburners at dusk, magnificent! They flew from Kadena AFB, some 3 miles as the crow flies. Later I had a friend who serviced it and was given many chances to get a close up view. I now live just half a mile away but the SR-71 is retired.

[@Manny32V]

YES!!!! Thanks for the video!

[@Wsmith247]

Just saw the C last weekend, live about 10min from HAFB.

[@shannonchurchill4556]

My in-laws are in Logan and next time we go to visit, I’m going to try to go there to see it. I saw the last YF at Wright-Patt in 1980 about a year after it was retired there. The Blackbirds were still so secretive that there was little known about them, and I had no idea what they were all about.

[@movingontorealfreedom7305]

Really enjoyed this video, which seems to be a reoccurring theme.

[@just_one_opinion]

Davaj! Good stuff!

[@robbyowen9107]

Thanks Sky!

[@CinimodNorton]

The YF-12 would outrun a .50 cal bmg. And even the missiles at the time were also too slow. Now, we might be able to provide missiles for it.

[@marrqi7wini54]

We actually can now. Hypersonic Air to Air missiles have greatly improved as of late.

[@erika002]

And of course, lest we forget that SR-72 is actually a thing now, and planned to also be capable of arming it.

[@marrqi7wini54]

@@erika002 True though those are meant for air to ground targets since the SR-72 is a hypersonic stealth bomber, surveillance craft that operates at far higher distances than the YF-12. Simply put it, it can but all targets will be vastly slower that it and other craft are better suited for that role.

[@surgery6865]

Great video ty ml

[@cudatom9290]

Love the way the humor is sneaked in.

[@gregobern6084]

The J 58 engine is impressive on display. The SR71 at Pima County museum only had "hollow tubes "

[@octane2099]

All great new footage for me never seen any of it

[@scottsl1979]

Awesome video, how about a follow up on the awesome soviet high speed designs, like the Sukhoi T4? Or the Myasischhev M-50?

[@SkyshipsEng]

That planes we will watch later)

[@Giorgiamelonitiamo]

Sky your videos are great

[@mrrolandlawrence]

16:30 this copy is known as "the bastard" as it never flys straight! god i know too much about this :P as frank murrary puts it: a12 = hotrod. st71 = family sedan. kelly johnson is on record as saying he loved the yf12 and wished it had gone into production being his favourite A12 type.

[@g__wizz]

there is one in sandiego too. air and space museum has an a12

[@frankgaleon5124]

Crazy exciting plane!

[@ervandrush3116]

And Crazy expensive

[@frankgaleon5124]

@@ervandrush3116 All this program is crazy expencive

[@creedjo4018]

Very articulate and good to excellent English narrator. Good funny pokes at. CIA.

[@jacqueschouette7474]

I used to work on the SR-71 back just before the program was cancelled the second time. Some of the old-timers worked on the YF-12 program. From what they told me, it would have bombers obsolete.

[@adamrmc100]

Can you speak to any of this, or any additional clues you might have? I'd heard the US did go with the YF-12 in secret, along side the SR-71, 250 F-12 aircraft actually, and had low grade interceptors like the F-010 & F-106 as a facade. Apparently the F-12 fleet operated out of a few secret locations in the US and Canada. This is second hand info of course, but nonetheless coming from a retired NORAD SAGE air defence complex commander and also a retired DOD accountant saying the financing for the 250 F-12 fleet was masked as cost overruns for the C-5 Galaxy program. Apparently the F-12 pilots would only ever officially report as operating the RB-57 Canberra, which they would fly away from their secret locations. The necessity of the F-12 fleet would certainly be true since (recently declassified) Operation Sky Shield I, 1960 and Op Sky Shield II,1961 showed that RAF Vulcan bombers were consistently able to penetrate NORAD defences to make successful nuclear strikes. More specifically, all references to the successful strikes and to the Vulcans were removed and classified (till recently). US political leaders would certainly have been made aware of these grave vulnerabilities and would certainly have been willing to authorize the spending on the F-12 and mask it's source. I heard quotes of $18M per F-12

[@jacqueschouette7474]

@@adamrmc100 Like the video said, the YF-12 only got to the flight test and weapons stages. There wasn't any secret bases or anything like that since it was never put into production. After it was cancelled, any pilot who flew a YF-12, or A-12 for that matter, could also fly an SR-71 without too much training since the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71 are basically the a same aircraft and have all the same issues, so they didn't have to go over to flying the RB-57, which was a completely different beast. YF-12 is a fast mover and the RB-57 is a glider.

[@rodrigoepaes]

Meanwhile MIG31s and MIG25s still flies today....

[@povilasbrilius]

#amazing experience on planes, have to say.

[@leonawdisho6609]

Your the best . I like your videos . From Canada

[@SkyshipsEng]

Hello, Canada)

[@paulsuprono7225]

That's 'You're' !

[@paulsuprono7225]

80,000 ft . . . almost stratosphere !

[@NathanDudani]

@@paulsuprono7225 yOuRe

[@leonawdisho6609]

@@SkyshipsEng ✈

[@darinr9424]

3.4 plus... not just Mach 3.. simply saying Mach 3 is a slap in the face

[@TheInstructor66]

The Baltic express: I am so fast, nobody can race me! Saab-37: Hold my beer, again.

[@lightbox617]

In business, there are times when you should do things and ask permission later.

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

What didn't help the U2 or the Rapier was the interception of the U2 by English Electric Lightnings beyond what the Americans thought was possible.

[@loonylinn8824]

the narrator is so proud saying “more suns”... america all you did is war

[@yackson4804]

Where do you find these X-ray pictures

[@ervandrush3116]

Times, when the grass was greener and the Sun shone bright:DD

[@flyerkiller5073]

Good times)

[@petrusinvictus3603]

It was three times, We saw in navy. 3.5 mach income and outgo, Guys are flying hard and fast,,,,

[@steveyountz9184]

Does anyone know if the crew of the SR-71 had to wait for the plane to cool down before they could get out? I'm pretty sure at altitude the skin got hot but I don't know anything about after it landed. Thanks.

[@kevinstrade2752]

An aircraft so ahead of it's time, we didn't need it. It doesn't make sense but it does. With the reveal of the lower Soviet bomber threat, this would have cost more assets than necessary. Resources maintaining such a fleet would be better put elsewhere . This would have been an awesome machine had it been fully developed.

[@bugstomper4670]

' ... having a whole squadron of interceptors. But who were they going to intercept?'

[@flyerkiller5073]

That's awesome) Archangels were the best planes

[@majikkskates9084]

Wait did they solve the fuel leak issues for the interceptor? I don’t get how it didn’t have to refuel in the air

[@markfergerson2145]

IRC they added viscosity enhancers to the "Lockheed lighter fluid" to cut down on leakage.

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

Any video that opens with the nuclear cannon aka Atomic Annie, has me hooked. I hope the remaining 16:52 live up to hype...just kidding it's YF-12, one of the coolest planes that US ever made (aside from the Y-12 & SR-71 & Aurora)

[@adamrmc100]

Can anyone speak to any of this, or any additional info? Apparently the US did go with the YF-12 in secret, along side the SR-71, 250 F-12 aircraft actually, and just had low grade interceptors like the F-101 & F-106 as a facade. Apparently the F-12 fleet operated out of a few secret locations in the US and Canada. This is coming from a retired NORAD SAGE air defense complex commander and also a retired DOD accountant saying the financing for the 250 F-12 fleet was masked as cost overruns for the C-5 Galaxy program. Apparently the F-12 pilots would only ever officially report as operating the RB-57 Canberra, which they would fly away from their secret locations. The necessity of the F-12 fleet would certainly be true since (recently declassified) Operation Sky Shield I, 1960 and Op Sky Shield II,1961 showed that RAF Vulcan bombers were consistently able to penetrate NORAD defences to make successful nuclear strikes. More specifically, all references to the successful strikes and to the Vulcans were removed and classified (till recently). US political leaders would certainly have been made aware of these grave vulnerabilities and would certainly have been willing to authorize the spending on the F-12 and mask it's source.

[@flyerkiller5073]

How can 250 aircraft like the F-12 be operated without anyone noticing it?

[@adamrmc100]

@@flyerkiller5073 All you'd need is restricted airspace for take-offs and landings, otherwise, they would never be seen. The entire fleet of F-117As operated secretly for a decade until they needed to use it openly in the Gulf War. There was never actually a Soviet bomber force that required an F-12 fleet to come out of the shadows to shoot them down. As for sightings, people did report seeing F-117s as unidentified triangular black planes, but even then the accounts got no circulation/attention. If there were any actual F-12 sightings, they would only ever be at a distance and people would excitedly assume it was an SR-71, no questions asked.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

no one talks about a stealth version of this but its shape with stealth body would be even more deadly as it looks like a stealth craft in many ways

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Huh? As in: "If looks could kill"? Hmm, i'd say: Hawker hunter! Or some of the Dorniers: 18, 26! ;-)

[@FirstDagger]

The Archangels had stealth features by design. Furthermore true stealth features and speed do not mix well.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@FirstDagger I'm talking "Beauty" not Stealth tec... = Shit! Since I'm from Denmark! aka we shouldn't even have stealth+ "Attack planes" in the first... ALAS F-35 :-(

[@FirstDagger]

@@dallesamllhals9161 ; You are part of NATO and have Russian incursions constancy. "I do not think Danes fully understand the consequences of what happens if Denmark joins the US-led missile defense. If this happens, Danish warships become targets for Russian nuclear missiles" and such Russian rhetoric. F-35 is a multrole fighter, and just like any weapon the user decides if it is used wrongly or rightly.

[@heathb4319]

The SR type planes had radar absorbing coatings, the inward angle of the stabilizer wings helped reduce radar return, the fuselage shape and several other features to reduce radar signature... it has always had the reputation of the first real attempt at stealth planes. Peace.

[@markxfarmer6830]

Kedlock was, by far, the swankest of the Blackbird family.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

What was stopping them from using YF-12 as an air superiority fighter? How was a Soviet Fighter suppose to fight back against this thing?

[@dallesamllhals9161]

..leaking all over below 30.000 feet? All that titanium bought from CCCP?

[@anchor4067]

The plane was not made for dogfights, it only excelled in a a straight forward dash

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@anchor4067 Dash? As in: short time boost? Didn't "they" do better than that? Or was that only the SR-71?

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@anchor4067 Why would you need to dogfight if you can fire missiles from an altitude of 80,000 ft at anything below and literally be able to outrun any air to air missile?

[@FirstDagger]

@@Edax_Royeaux ; Because a jet can just turn against a missile or hide behind terrain, a fighter is very much different from an interceptor and has to be able to maneuver. You also only get 3 missiles with the YF-12, that isn't much. The high speed ironically means that the window to kill anything is also very short and you will close into distance and not to mention that the birds had a gigantic turning circle the literal size of South Korea. All of this means that it doesn't qualify for air superiority.

[@paulross499]

We now have unmanned glass producing aircraft. Mach 3 at low throttle.

[@Dad_Brad]

A Blackbird firing a nuclear missile… the circle is complete.

[@billenright2788]

The threat changed from bombers to ICBM's thus the need went away.

[@Unix2816]

Spy satellites: Exist The soviet union trying to figure out if its an A-12, SR-71, M-21, YF-12

[@LawatheMEid]

Do air intake with conic nose was first appeared in u.s.a. or u.s.s.r.?

[@bagamut]

u.k. commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain

[@LawatheMEid]

@@bagamut so the lightning fighter is the first fighter provided with conic air intake?

[@bagamut]

@@LawatheMEid probably yes of cause there could be some secret Nazi project as usual )

[@mint.990]

The title is applicable to the F-22 Raptor and an all-too-common story for these badass aircraft.

[@flyerkiller5073]

But these plane was too crazy expensive even in comparison with the F-22

[@mj8323]

Anyone knows the name of the piano tune starting at 7:55?

[@ervandrush3116]

Yes, interesting!

[@mj8323]

@@ervandrush3116 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5mzhYiPeq14Y8U

[@paulsuprono7225]

Looks like the SR-71 ! 🇺🇸

[@ACE-sl7dy]

Wow somebody used the American 🇺🇸 and not the Liberia 🇱🇷 Or Malaysia 🇲🇾 Flag.

[@RENEBACON]

At the time of the construction of the spy plane, the United States still did not master the technology of industrial production of titanium needed to make the airframe. Therefore, titanium material was purchased by the CIA intelligence service, through pushed companies, from a single producer - the Soviet Union

[@paulross499]

Welcome to the twenty first century.

[@paulross499]

Hope you all realize how stupid the fences were.

[@JIMD6370]

Sky, I've actually seen the sr-71 on am actual mission, cynical indeed.

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Hi Jim. What is your comment supposed to mean? "cynical indeed"?

[@Amalotl]

@@roderickcampbell2105 it's cynical

[@roderickcampbell2105]

@@Amalotl Yeah fine Zhonis. Keep repeating the same thing over again. Very poor clarity.

[@JIMD6370]

@@roderickcampbell2105 it stopped at shepherd AFB, I had to go out with many others at 2am to guard to, we weren't allowed to see what they were doing after it taxied into the hanger, but it stayed running, 5 mins later the all clear whistle was blown, we watched it taxi out behind a follow me pickup, with no main runway lites on. Next day, found out we'd invaded Grenada. They'd stopped to change film canister's. At night with no lites on, it looked cynical and very serious. All the people that changed the canister's were in fire fighter suits due to the extreme heat as it had just came out of mach 3.2+.

[@roderickcampbell2105]

@@JIMD6370 Hi Jim. Thanks for your note. I now understand. I have only seen a mock up of SR-71 in San Diego. Respect to you.

[@khozabenhamid9745]

Fastest guy on 70's but today,it's not reliable anymore..

[@judeau9151]

expensive for who? oh…

[@journeyquest1]

Only 2 exist.

[@journeyquest1]

PS Did they get a Russian spy to narrate this? lol

[@glennquagmire3258]

New Game I started tonight: Spot the stock footage used in these historic channels like this one, The Dark 5 family of channels, and others. @ 2:20. I spotted some footage from one of the Kennedy movies made in Hollywood. That is unless Kevin Costner worked for the government and didn't age for many years as well as a few other notable actors whose names I don't know at the top of my head. Play the "Stock footage game and point out when you see footage that depicts the actions, but a few seconds is borrowed to help give the narrative have visual aids. No harm. No foul. Just a game I am asking others to play as we watch all these cool historic events re-told for our educational benefit and entertainment. Sound like a fun side game?

[@TheWizardGamez]

Everything cooler than normal, was killed by Robert macknamera

[@dutch-1989.]

Next video please brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr You Know what i mean

[@raquelguzman5238]

Comrade

[@simonRTJ]

what happens when the enemy knows exactly when a sat over flies? bring out of retirement the random over flights of spy planes.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

"Cool but expensive" Hi from Denmark: WE ♥ F-35!

[@KernowekTim]

Hot, and un-touchable.

[@georggellen9920]

And now , please compare this to the miserable F35 lemon plane ..... Decadence of modern US aeronautics at its finest ...

[@Gw0wvl]

Hard to watch as the music is just way to loud 👎👎👎

[@LilSebastian_]

One thing that’s not expensive is yo mama. She’s for free and everybody knows it.

[@User0000000000000004]

U mad bro? You sound jealous. Soviet spies were never able to steal the designs for the SR-71? That must suck.

[@privateer0561]

The commentary is full of errors. Don't bother listening to it with an ear to accuracy.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

fragile