$100 million SR-71 reactivation buys one month of use

Under the congressionally mandated SR-71 Blackbird reactivation, the Pentagon will spend $100 million this fiscal year to bring two A model planes out of retirement-and use them for no more than one month. And if the program continues in FY '96-which it's not expected to-the Mach 3 reconnaissance...

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