USAF Col. (ret.) Joseph W. Rogers

USAF Col. (ret.) Joseph W. Rogers, an absolute speed record holder who flew in three wars and headed the SR-71A/YF-12A Blackbird test force, died Aug. 6 in Healdsburg, Calif., of congestive heart failure. He was 81. Rogers was an Army Air Corps instructor pilot in World War II. Stationed as a...

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