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    Airframe Family: Lockheed A-12 / SR-71 Blackbird
    Latest Model:SR-71A Blackbird
    Last Military Serial:61-7962 USAF
    Construction Number:2013
    Latest Owner or Location:Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SR-71A.

    Circa 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-7962.

    18 September 1976


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: Seen here being prepared for an early morning departure from RAF Mildenhall, UK on 18 September 1976.

    8 October 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 61-7962 Lockheed SR-71A USAF 9th SRW. Our base visit took us very close to this SR-71 preparing for take-off. One of the loudest noises I have ever experienced!

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Imperial War Museum, Cambridge CB22 4QR, England.

    11 April 2001

    To Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
    Placed on display on this date.
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    27 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Imperial War Museum, Duxford

    27 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Imperial War Museum, Duxford

    25 September 2015


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: Photographed outside at Duxford. UK on 25 September 2015 during the refurbishment of the American Air Museum.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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