Key Points - The A-12 Oxcart, developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works for the CIA in the early 1960s, was the single-seat, Mach 3.29 (at 90,000 feet) precursor to the USAF's more famous SR-71 Blackbird.
Faster than the SR-71, cloaked in secrecy, and born from the minds at Lockheed’s Skunk Works, the A-12 Archangel was the ultimate spy plane. From dodging enemy radar to pushing the limits of ...