YF-12C mid-air refueling

This 27 second movie clip shows the YF-12C during mid-air refueling.

The YF-12 "Blackbird" was an experimental fighter-interceptor version of the Lockheed A-12 aircraft. In Air Force flight tests on May 1, 1965, the YF-12 set a speed record of 2,070.101 miles per hour and an altitude record of 80,258 feet. First publicly displayed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1964, the YF-12 was never adopted by the military as an operational aircraft. It was, however, a precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• YF-12C
• blackbird
• refueling

[MrDantheguitarman]

lol JET-PORN

[SpadesNeil]

As long as you people aren't being retards from playing too much HAWX (terrible game) then I'll carry on and not complain about how the YF-12 doesn't exist.

The aircraft does in fact exist--but it was never used or even fitted for combat.

[pipercub123456]

@MrHyper728 ..The 3 YF-12 A/C where consructed before the SR-71 , the  3 YF-12 A/C where manufactured .right beside the A-12's..THX

[MrHyper728]

@SpadesNeil yer and there is a yf 12 at the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, OH. of the top of my head but they only made about 10 of them from sr-71's

[greasemo12]

nice, YF, hey Tom, "I'm gonna make up some bullshit name for a plane I don't understand and see how many ppl hit it on youtube", duh, lol I'll be so cool then.

[BLKSHiEP2]

That was a NASA badged SR-71. NASA did fly the YF-12A. The third YF-12 crashed and was rebuilt and designated as SR-71C. I could see NASA back in the 70's calling a SR-71 a YF-12C becuase they did retire the last flyable YF-12A in 77.

[HenryDavidT]

In the history of aviation, this must surely be ranked as the most beautiful plane ever designed and flown...

[JoeVetteman]

The A-12 was a single-seat interceptor that was never put in service.This is not one of them...it's an SR-71.Notice the small side windows in the rear cockpit where the RSO sits......

[drewren1231]

@fwbrc51 YF-12 was the prototype of the sr-71. This i s back when they designed it to be a fighter jet.

[fwbrc51]

cool. i just saw an a-12 at the battleship park in mobile, alabama today. is the a-12 the same as the sr-71?...or was either model a product design of the other?

[stuntmanmike37]

I wish I knew the tail number of this particular tanker. It could be one of the T models I work on today. Hmm...