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gaigalas • yesterday at 5:36 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/yf-12a-yf-12c-flight-form...

> Ultimately, 935 became the workhorse of the program, with 146 flights between 11 December 1969 and 7 November 1979. The second YF-12A, 936, made 62 flights. It was lost in a non-fatal crash on 24 June 1971. It was replaced by the so-called YF-12C (SR-71A 61-7951, modified with YF-12A inlets and engines and a bogus tail number 06937).


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nradov • yesterday at 5:46 PM

Right, the YF-12C was a fake designation for one SR-71 and not capable of carrying or employing any weapons.