CIA A-12 PROJECT OXCART/OPERATION BLACKSHIELD

The content herein relating to Project Oxcart and Operation BLACK SHIELD was formerly classified TOP SECRET-OXCART, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., 15 January 1968. Depicted on this web site are activities of Project OXCART and Operation BLACK SHIELD declassified starting 14 December 1998 through September 2007.

A-12 Articles and Documents

Blackbird Timeline	Groom Lake Timeline	A-12 Story	A-12 Pilots	A-12 Pilot Training
Black Shield Ops	Black Shield Missions	CIA "Black Shield" Pilots	Crashes	Blackbirds
Flight Suits	Air Force Support	Corporate Support	Imaging	Firewel
A-12 Inventory	J-58 Engines	Special Projects	A-12 RCS Tests	1129th SAS
50th Anniversary A-12	A-12 Cockpit Instruments

A-12 Photos

A-12 Design	A-12 Construction	A-12 Planes	A-12 Components	A-12 Storage
D-21 Drone	J-58 Engine	YF-12 Missiles	SR-71 Crew & Commanders	Kadena / Black Shield

SR-71 Documents

General Comments pertaining to the SR program	Alphabetical List of all personal from numbers 1 to 263 who have 300 hours in an SR-71 type aircraft	Lists all personal from numbers 1 to 263 who have 300 hours in an SR-71 type aircraft	Numerical Listing of personnel who flew, or rode in an SR type aircraft from Number 1 to No 478	Alphabetical Listing of personnel who flew, or rode in an SR type aircraft from Number 1 to No 478	List all personal who have logged 600 hours in the SR-71	List personal who have logged 900 hours and 1000 hours in the SR-71	Lists the 487 personal who flew or flew in an SR type, by Category, as a Pilot / RSO / Staff / VIP / FCO / FE / LCO / ENG
Deceased Blackbird Crew Members	Flew Both (General Information)	Lockheed SR/A12 Numbers (Additional Information on Blackbirds)	SR Production Schedule (Start production and Roll Out of SR-71s)	Status/Locations of SR/A-12 Aircraft	Lists "Master Listing" in Alphabetical Order	Lists sequence of checkout/flights starting with Kelly Johnson (a VIP Flight)	SR-71 Timeline

SR-71 Photos

Blackbirds (large collection of Blackbird photos)

SR-71 Audio Files

SR-71 Engine Start

SR-71 Taxi-Away

SR-71 Take-Off

SR-71 Three Sonic Boom Passes

The Soviet MiG Exploitation programs at Area 51 Codenamed Have Doughnut, Have Drill, and Have Ferry were declassified by the U.S. Air Force Foreign Technology Division on 3 October 1997 and by the Defense Intelligence Agency on 23 March 2000.