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A SR-71 Black Bird, reconnaissance aircraft is marshaled into position after arriving for the ceremonies retiring the aircraft to the March Field Museum. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Overall view of flight line showing a SR-71 Black Bird, reconnaissance aircraft, after its final flight. It will be retired to the March Field Museum. On the flight line, in the background are KC-135 and KC-10 tankers from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Overall view of flight line showing a SR-71 Black Bird, reconnaissance aircraft, after its final flight. It will be retired to the March Field Museum. On the flight line, in the background are KC-135 and KC-10 tankers from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing. Exact Date Shot Unknown

An SR-71 Black Bird reconnaissance aircraft, with afterburner on, flies overhead. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A ground crewman marshalls an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, being piloted by Undersecretary of the Air Force Edward C. Aldrich, into its parking position after a flight

An SR-71 aircraft, popularly known as the Blackbird, is refueled in flight. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A ground crewman signals an SR-71A strategic reconnaissance aircraft preparing for takeoff. The SR-71 is unofficially known as the"Blackbird."

A front view of an SR-71B Blackbird strategic reconnaissance training aircraft on the runway at sundown. The SR-71 is unofficially known as the"Blackbird."

An air-to-air right front view of an SR-71A strategic reconnaissance aircraft. The SR-71 is unofficially known as the "Blackbird."

A SR-71 Black Bird, reconnaissance aircraft marshals into position after arriving for the ceremonies retiring the aircraft to the March Field Museum. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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Base: March Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Stewart

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/03/1990
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label_outline Explore March Field Museum, Tsgt Scott Stewart, Bird

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

Members of the 435th Organizational Maintenance Squadron repair the wing leading edge of a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron (TAS) C-130 Hercules aircraft damaged by a bird strike. The 37th TAS is participating in its first deployment to Portugal

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), hookup a pair of M-149 400-gallon "Water Buffalos" to a hovering CH-47 Chinook helicopter, at the V.C. Bird International Airport, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

MV-22B Osprey crew chiefs and mechanics assigned to

A KC-10A Extender aircraft from the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron levels out after takeoff during Proud Shield '92, a Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

A1C Ken Chambers, a structural maintenance specialist with the 22nd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, removes a rib from the tail section of a Strategic Air Command KC-10A Extender aircraft.

An air-to-air front view of an SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft known as the "Blackbird."

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II aircrew assigned

Airmen assist pilots aboard an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), prepares to connect for refueling operations with a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 163rd Air Refueling Wing, 196th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Grizzlies, March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The F-18 is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Artwork: "SR-71" Artist: Hazel Olson

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sr black bird black bird reconnaissance aircraft marshals reconnaissance aircraft marshals ceremonies field museum march field museum california sr 71 blackbird technical sergeant high resolution march air force base sr 71 black bird tsgt scott stewart exact date us air force usaf air force base jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives