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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