Message posted by Sundog on July 16, 2006 at 19:59:31 PST:

In fact, doesn't the A in A-12 stand for "Archangel" since that is what Lockheed was calling their follow on to the U-2 and the 12 was because it was the 12th major design variation? At least that's what I've read in my copious amount of Blackbird ref material.

In Reply to: Re: AIRCRAFT ILLUSTRATED versus COMBAT AIRCRAFT posted by Peter Merlin on July 11, 2006 at 8:31:57 PST:

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