Oxcart

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Oxcart was the CIA’s codename for the ultra-secret Lockheed A-12 high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft program developed during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CIA codename
reconnaissance aircraft program
aircraftType high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
high-speed reconnaissance aircraft
associatedOrganization Lockheed Corporation NERFINISHED
associatedPerson Clarence "Kelly" Johnson NERFINISHED
baseOfOperations Area 51 NERFINISHED
Groom Lake NERFINISHED
codenameFor Lockheed A-12 program NERFINISHED
codeNameOfAircraftVariant A-12 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
declassified late 20th century
designBegan late 1950s
designedFor overflight of denied airspace
designedToCounter Soviet air defenses
developedBy Lockheed Skunk Works NERFINISHED
enteredService mid-1960s
era Cold War
feature Mach 3+ cruise speed
operation above 80,000 feet
stealth shaping
titanium airframe
firstFlight 1962
fundedBy United States government NERFINISHED
managedBy CIA Directorate of Science and Technology NERFINISHED
operatedBy Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED
predecessor Lockheed U-2 program NERFINISHED
programName Project Oxcart NERFINISHED
purpose strategic reconnaissance
relatedAircraft Lockheed A-12 NERFINISHED
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird NERFINISHED
retired early 1970s
riskFactor overflight of hostile territory
securityClassification ultra-secret
status declassified program
successorProgram SR-71 strategic reconnaissance program NERFINISHED
technologyLegacy advanced materials for high-speed flight
reduced radar cross-section design techniques
usedBy CIA pilots
usedFor photographic reconnaissance

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