SR-71 rescission won't affect reactivation

A nearly $30 million hit to the Defense Dept.'s congressionally mandated SR-71 Blackbird reactivation won't slow the program, a U.S. Air Force official told The DAILY yesterday. Pentagon planners have estimated that they will spend only $72.5 million of the $100 million that Congress gave them to...

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