File A121-R-60-6938A-12Article 132

60-6938

A-12 · Article 132
On displayMobile, Alabama

USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park
Mobile, Alabama, USA · 30.68, -88.02

A-12 60-6938 in the Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion at USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, in June 2020.
A-12 60-6938 in the Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion at USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, in June 2020.GreaterPonce665 (Wikimedia Commons user) · 2020-06-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Record

60-6938
132
A-12
369.9
Not confirmed
Preserved, on display
USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Career

  • Operational-configuration aircraft; not deployed to Kadena
  • Owned by the National Museum of the USAF and on loan to the park
  • 197 flights

Fate

Retired in 1968 and stored at Palmdale; displayed at USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, where it was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005.

Where the record disagrees

First flight date not found. Whether it is displayed indoors or outdoors today was not confirmed from an official park page; the NMUSAF loan detail is from secondary sources.

Sources

  1. Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence. Archangel: CIA's Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft (David Robarge, 2nd ed.; includes 'Inventory of A-12s' table, p. 50). Open · Archived · In the register
  2. Roadrunners Internationale (OXCART veterans association). Lockheed A-12 Blackbird Survivors. Open · Archived · In the register
  3. Wikipedia. Lockheed A-12 (aircraft table and accidents list). Open · Archived · In the register