SR-71s likely to stay active through FY '96

The U.S. Air Force, betting that reactivation of the SR-71 reconnaissance plane will continue through fiscal 1996, plans to run flight tests at the end of September with a Blackbird equipped with a modified U-2 datalink, according to an AF official. Both of the two reactivated SR-71s initially were...

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