Oxcart

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Oxcart was the CIA’s codename for the ultra-secret Lockheed A-12 high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft program developed during the Cold War.

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instanceOf CIA codename ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft program ⓘ
aircraftType high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
high-speed reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
associatedOrganization Lockheed Corporation ⓘ
associatedPerson Clarence "Kelly" Johnson ⓘ
baseOfOperations Area 51 ⓘ
Groom Lake ⓘ
codenameFor Lockheed A-12 program ⓘ
codeNameOfAircraftVariant A-12 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
declassified late 20th century ⓘ
designBegan late 1950s ⓘ
designedFor overflight of denied airspace ⓘ
designedToCounter Soviet air defenses ⓘ
developedBy Lockheed Skunk Works ⓘ
enteredService mid-1960s ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
feature Mach 3+ cruise speed ⓘ
operation above 80,000 feet ⓘ
stealth shaping ⓘ
titanium airframe ⓘ
firstFlight 1962 ⓘ
fundedBy United States government ⓘ
managedBy CIA Directorate of Science and Technology ⓘ
operatedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
predecessor Lockheed U-2 program ⓘ
linked to: Lockheed U-2
programName Project Oxcart ⓘ
linked to: Oxcart program
purpose strategic reconnaissance ⓘ
relatedAircraft Lockheed A-12 ⓘ
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird ⓘ
linked to: SR-71 Blackbird
retired early 1970s ⓘ
riskFactor overflight of hostile territory ⓘ
securityClassification ultra-secret ⓘ
status declassified program ⓘ
successorProgram SR-71 strategic reconnaissance program ⓘ
linked to: SR-71 Blackbird
technologyLegacy advanced materials for high-speed flight ⓘ
reduced radar cross-section design techniques ⓘ
usedBy CIA pilots ⓘ
usedFor photographic reconnaissance ⓘ

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