SR-71 'unaffordable,' HNSC says
Saying the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft "has outlived its affordability," the House National Security Committee has written into its fiscal 1997 defense authorization a prohibition against the Defense Dept. operating the Mach 3 plane during fiscal 1997. The panel, in its report on the FY 1997...
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