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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 13-Oct-01 AT 11:56 PM (EST)[/font][p]Ultramag - you are correct.
It was something like JP-7, and it was necessary to forward position it to bases that the aircraft was forseen to operate out of.
(All of this crap is unclassified)
There was one instance where a "Habu" was diverted, and the locals got a look at this "Science Fiction" appearing aircraft through the airfield fence....
On that Japanese island, there was a local snake which was highly poisonous, and the name of it was "HABU".
This became the unofficial name of the aircraft
To this day...
It was something like JP-7, and it was necessary to forward position it to bases that the aircraft was forseen to operate out of.
(All of this crap is unclassified)
There was one instance where a "Habu" was diverted, and the locals got a look at this "Science Fiction" appearing aircraft through the airfield fence....
On that Japanese island, there was a local snake which was highly poisonous, and the name of it was "HABU".
This became the unofficial name of the aircraft
To this day...
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I hadn't heard of the Habu nickname. Any facts on the SR-71 are always good ones.
I would suppose the airframe would be ok. Only sitting on the tarmac would make it go bad. The SR-71 was one of the only planes that every time it flew it got stronger. A result of Mach 3 tempertures on the titanium. So the more it flew the stronger the plane became.
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I would suppose the airframe would be ok. Only sitting on the tarmac would make it go bad. The SR-71 was one of the only planes that every time it flew it got stronger. A result of Mach 3 tempertures on the titanium. So the more it flew the stronger the plane became.
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A good veiw of the SR71.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/User_files/Tomohawk/3bc9212f378f06ee.jpg
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The YF 23 BlackWidow 2. The worlds first supersonic stealth jet fighter.
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The F22 Raptor. Americas newest fighter.
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I searched out a message on the Air Force News-
It went operational in 1997.
Here are a few more images...
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/itwt.jpg
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/thrust.jpg
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/palmdale.jpg
(Palmdale California, showing the surviving Blackbirds several years ago)
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/thankyou.jpg
~ And God bless the "Skunk Works"...
It went operational in 1997.
Here are a few more images...
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/itwt.jpg
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/thrust.jpg
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/palmdale.jpg
(Palmdale California, showing the surviving Blackbirds several years ago)
http://www.clubfte.com/users/greywolf/thankyou.jpg
~ And God bless the "Skunk Works"...
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