The Museum's aircraft is an M-21, the first of the rare two-seat variants of the early A-12. Built for a CIA program code-named "Tagboard," it carried an unpiloted D-21 drone for intelligence …

2021年9月10日 · This particular aircraft is an M-21 variant developed from the A-12, the earliest Blackbird type and the forerunner to the more familiar SR-71. Lockheed built the aircraft to …

The Lockheed M-21 Blackbird is a unique variant of the A-12, the earliest Blackbird type. Built for a CIA program code-named "Tagboard," the M-21 carried unpiloted Lockheed D-21 vehicles …

2025年2月27日 · The M-21 is an A-12-like aircraft designed to launch the once ultra-secret D-21 Drone. When the United States signed a treaty to end flights of manned vehicles over the …

The M-21 is a variant of the A-12, the earliest Blackbird type. Built for a CIA program code-named “Tagboard,” the M-21 carried unpiloted drones for intelligence gathering.

2025年2月28日 · Though it never saw combat, the AT-12 played a crucial role in preparing pilots for Blackbird reconnaissance operations. 3. Lockheed M-21 – The Drone Carrier. The M-21 …

The A-12’s unique design and characteristics became the foundation for three other versions of supersonic aircraft that Lockheed built for CIA and the Air Force: the YF-12A, the M-21, and …

2025年2月28日 · All of the Blackbird Locations have been sorted by state/region and can be searched by the clickable map below. Just click a red dot on the map and you will be taken to …

940 was one of 2 airframes built from the ground up as M-21's, to be launch vehicles for the D-21 drone. The designations M-21 and D-21 come from reversing the numbers in A-12, and using …

M-21 #60-6940 is on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA. This is the only remaining M-21 Blackbird, and one of only two constructed (the other being #60-6941). With …