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    Airframe Family: Lockheed A-12 / SR-71 Blackbird
    Latest Model:SR-71A Blackbird
    Last Military Serial:61-7979 USAF
    Construction Number:2030
    Latest Owner or Location:Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SR-71A.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-7979.

    By May 1979

    Transferred to 1st SRS, 9th SRW, Beale AFB, CA.

    15 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Departing IAT Fairford, having a little fun in the process.

    15 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Departing IAT Fairford, having a little fun in the process.

    15 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Departing IAT Fairford, having a little fun in the process.

    15 November 1986


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: 979 sits as a static display at the March AFB Open House

    6 March 1990

    Last flight.
    Flown from Beale AFB on Tuesday, March 6, 1990 (the same day as 972s record-breaking run) by Steve Grzebiniak and Stanley Gudmundson. 979 retired with 3321.7 hours of flight time - the fourth highest of all blackbirds.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 37 TRW/MU, Lackland AFB, TX.

    To 37th Training Wing HQ Parade Ground, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    November 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.

    To Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The Online Blackbird Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Max Sabin

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