A-12偵察機

洛克希德A-12（Lockheed A-12）是美國的一架由洛克希德著名的臭鼬工廠為中央情報局（CIA）製造的偵察飛機，由設計家克拉倫斯·“凱利”·約翰遜操刀設計。A-12產於1962年到1964年，於1963年到1968年進入現役。單座艙設計，於1962年4月首飛，是雙座的美國空軍洛克希德YF-12原型攔截機和著名的SR-71“黑鳥”高空偵察機的前身，最高速度可達3.35馬赫。飛機的最終任務是在1968年5月飛空執行，該機於當年6月退役。官方秘密保守了40多年，A-12計劃最終於2007年被中央情報局開始解密。

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**其他資源**
 Graham, Richard H. SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 978-0-7603-0122-7.- Johnson, C.L. Kelly: More Than My Share of it All. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1985. ISBN 0-87474-491-1.- Lovick, Edward, Jr. Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4502-4802-0.- Merlin, Peter W. From Archangel to Senior Crown: Design and Development of the Blackbird (Library of Flight Series). Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2008. ISBN 978-1-56347-933-5.- Pedlow, Gregory W. and Donald E. Welzenbach. The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954–1974. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 1992. ISBN 0-7881-8326-5.- Rich, Ben R. and Leo Janos. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My years at Lockheed. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. ISBN 0-316-7433.- Shul, Brian and Sheila Kathleen O'Grady. Sled Driver: Flying the World's Fastest Jet. Marysville, California: Gallery One, 1994. ISBN 0-929823-08-7.- Suhler, Paul A. From RAINBOW to GUSTO: Stealth and the Design of the Lockheed Blackbird (Library of Flight Series). Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2009. ISBN 978-1-60086-712-5.

**外部鏈接**
  大天使：CIA的超音速A-12偵察飛機——大衛·巴爾（Cia.gov）date=20130220123242 -  FOIA documents on OXCART (Declassified 21 January 2008)-  "Sheep Dipping" Conversion of Air Force Officers to CIA For Project Oxcartdate=20130124070927 -  A-12 page on RoadRunners Internationale sitedate=20130125073811 -  A-12T Exhibit at California Science Centerdate=20130302102326 -  Differences between the A-12 and SR-71date=20130112141145 -  Blackbird Spotting maps the location of every existing Blackbird, with aerial photos from Google Maps-  Photographs and disposition of the "Habu" aircraft at habu.orgdate=20120606040211 -  The U-2's Intended Successor: Project Oxcart (Chapter 6 of "The CIA and Overhead Reconnaissance", by Pedlow & Welzenbach)date=20130927011613 -  USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers for 1960, including all A-12s, YF-12As and M-21s-  "The Real X-Jet", Air & Space magazine, March 1999date=20120418095826 -  Secret A-12 Spy Plane Officially Unveiled at CIA's Headquartersdate=20110807042850 -  Project Oxcart: CIA Reportdate=20131004234639