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Old 10-11-2009 | 08:01 AM
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Technically, the CIA never flew the SR-71. They flew the A-12. Only the USAF and NASA has flown the SR-71. A-12 is a single aircraft. USAF wanted their own and wanted two seats; SR-71.

If CIA A-12 crews were killed, that wouldn't affect the USAF SR-71 stats. Further still, a quick poke around wikipedia shows that 12 SR-71's were destroyed in accidents, though none to enemy fire. Nothing mentioned in the article I read whether anyone was killed, though I believe if crews had been killed, it probably would have been mentioned.
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