File A121-R-61-7975SR-71AArticle 2026

61-7975

SR-71A · Article 2026
On displayRiverside (March Air Reserve Base), California

March Field Air Museum
Riverside (March Air Reserve Base), California, USA · 33.88, -117.27

SR-71A 61-7975 in a hangar at Beale Air Force Base, California, on 15 September 1988, with red protective covers fitted.
SR-71A 61-7975 in a hangar at Beale Air Force Base, California, on 15 September 1988, with red protective covers fitted.Peter Garwood (Flickr) · 1988-09-15 · CC BY 4.0 · Source
SR-71A 61-7975 on display at March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California, on 28 February 2016.
SR-71A 61-7975 on display at March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California, on 28 February 2016.Alan Wilson (Flickr) · 2016-02-28 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Record

61-7975
2026
SR-71A
2,854
13 April 1967
Preserved, on display
March Field Air Museum, Riverside (March Air Reserve Base), California, USA

Career

  • Flew 82 sorties during the Vietnam War
  • Carried a rudder salvaged from 61-7978 (markings removed by 2009)

Fate

Flown to March AFB for museum display on 28 February 1990 by Terry Pappas and John Manzi; on loan from the National Museum of the USAF and now shown indoors in the museum's reconnaissance exhibit.

Where the record disagrees

Coordinates are the museum site (Wikipedia infobox, cross-checked against OpenStreetMap).

Sources

  1. March Field Air Museum. SR-71A Blackbird. Open · Archived · In the register
  2. SR-71 Online (sr-71.org), via Internet Archive. SR-71A #61-7975 gallery page (archived copy). Open · In the register
  3. Habu.org. 61-7975 (Blackbird Photo Archive). Archived copy · In the register
  4. SR-71 Online (sr-71.org), via Internet Archive. SR-71 Locations (archived copy, lists serial / Lockheed article number and fate). Open · In the register