The following is a collection of Blackbird Flight Crews of the A-12, YF-12A and SR-71. The collection is by no means complete. Most USAF Habu Flight Crews were paired up, Pilot and RSO. They remained together throughout their tour of duty with the SR-71. There are some photos of VIP Flights included with the name of the Instructor Pilot. Contribution of Crew Photos is welcome. Email Webmaster, SR-71 Blackbirds .
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1stSRS.jpg 48.75 Kb 1st/99th SRS crews with
squadron/wing |
100thsortie_a.jpg 35.46 Kb 100th Hot Sortie at OL-8, Kadena, Okinawa. Ben Bowles and Jim Fagg-24 August 1969 |
1000hrs_Watkins.jpg 36.53 Kb Jim Watkins, Pilot flew the 1,000th Hour sortie on #956-October 30, 1970 (Hal Confer was the IP) |
Adams_Halloran.jpg 26.14 Kb Buck Adams is presented his Mach 3+ pin by Colonel Patrick Halloran, Wing Commander-October 18, 1972 |
Adams_Machorek_1.jpg 60.44 Kb Buck Adams-Bill Machorek, London to LA 1974 |
Adams_Machorek_2.jpg 42.67 Kb London to LA, 1974 Adams and Machorek arrival at Beale AFB. |
Adams_Machorek_3.jpg 23.67 Kb Halloran, Adams, Machorek |
Adams_Machorek_4.jpg 37.78 Kb Buck Adams and Bill Machorek, London to LA, September 1974. Trojan Family Article. February 1975. |
Afftc_1.jpg 48.91 Kb AFFTC Record Flight Crews, May 1965 |
Afftc_2.jpg 58.02 Kb AFFTC World Speed and Altitude Pilots, May 01, 1965 |
Afftc_3.jpg 58.82 Kb Robert "Silver Fox" Stephens, 1st AFFTC Director and FCO Daniel Andre |
Afftc_4.jpg 64.45 Kb Robert "Silver Fox" Stephens and FCO Daniel Andre |
Ben_Bowles02_a.jpg 46.13 Kb Ben Bowles, First pilot to log 900 hours in the SR-71 on 12 April 1972 |
Bill_Park.jpg 46.42 Kb Bill Park, Lockheed A12 Pilot-On Dec 21, 1966 Flew 10,198 miles nonstop in 6 Hours |
Blackwell.jpg 27.27 Kb Capt. Reggie Blackwell, SR-71 RSO |
Bledsoe.jpg 23.45 Kb Major Bledsoe, SR-71 Pilot |
Bledsoe_Fuller.jpg 27.05 Kb "Desert Trek" Speed Record was set by Crew Bledsoe and Fuller on 27 July 1976. Record is for Speed-1000Km Closed Course. Speed was set at 2086 MPH. |
Haupt_Lewis.jpg 24.76 Kb Haupt, Lewis |
Bull_McNeer.jpg 59.38 Kb Bull, McNeer |
Carpenter.jpg 40.33 Kb Buz Carpenter |
Catton_Collins.jpg 49.27 Kb Collins (IP), Jack Catton (15th AF/CC) Mach 3+ VIP Flight #190, October 09 1967 |
Confer.jpg 57.40 Kb Colonel Hal Confer, 9th SRW Wing Commander 1970-1972 |
Daubs_Kendrick.jpg 36.25 Kb Daubs, Kendrick |
Eastham_Scalise.jpg 49.31 Kb First YF-12A Flight, Eastham-Scalise, 07 August 1963 |
Estes1.jpg 37.63 Kb Colonel Estes, McKay Trophy Winner |
Fulton_Mallick.jpg 32.66 Kb Fitz Fulton and Don Mallick at NASA-July 1971 |
Gilliland.jpg 39.71 Kb Bob Gilliland, First Pilot to fly an SR-71-December 22, 1964. Aircraft #950 |
Graham.jpg 55.57 Kb Richard Graham. 9th SRW Wing Commander 1987-1988 |
Greenameyer.jpg 15.09 Kb Darryl Greenameyer, Lockheed Test Pilot for #959 "Big Tail"-December 1975 |
Hayes_2.jpg 53.81 Kb Bill Hayes(SP), Gene Patrick, Al Hichew (IP), Paul Mellinger (Lockheed ADP). St. Patrick's Day 1967 |
Hayes_Nelson.jpg 28.03 Kb Colonel William P. Hayes received his checkout flight #159 on 27 Feb 1967. Colonel Nelson awards the Mach 3+ pin after the flight. |
Helt_Elliott.jpg 27.61 Kb "High Flight" Altitude Record was set by Crew Helt and Elliott on 27 July 1976. Record is for Altitude in Horizontal Flight. Altitude was set at 86,000 feet. |
Hesburg_1.jpg 66.52 Kb Tom Allison (IP) Father Theodore Hesburg (University of Michigan), Mach 3+ Flight, VIP#346 on 28 February 1979 |
Hudson_Budzinski.jpg 56.53 Kb Major's Hudson and Budzinski boarding #962 during Colonel Minters reign as Crew Chief at OL-8. April 1969 |
Kardong.jpg 11.85 Kb Gabriel (Abe) Kardong, Piloted #977 to the end of Beale runway after a wheel explosion and fire. 10 October 1968. RSO Jim Kogler ejected. Both survived. |
Keck_Hertzog.jpg 57.14 Kb Keck, Relja, Hertzog. James Keck, VCINC, VIP Flight #289 on 12 December 1974-Hertzog(IP) |
Kelly107.jpg 40.68 Kb Kelly Johnson, Lockheed Designer of the Blackbirds, flew in the YF12 trainer in 1962. Lou Schalk (IP) |
LaBerge_Bledsoe.jpg 58.50 Kb Walter LaBerge 3+ VIP Flight #283 and Bledsoe (IP) July 01, 1974 |
morgan_joersz.jpg 26.26 Kb Morgan and Joersz |
Murphy.jpg 34.69 Kb John Murphy |
nelson_2.jpg 98.61 Kb General Nelson, 1st Commander of the 9th SRW, Beale AFB, CA 1966 |
Ochotorena.jpg 47.14 Kb Ochotorena, Greenwood, Bozek, Finan, McLeary, Luloff, Garrison-Last USAF crews to fly the SR-71at Det 2, Edwards AFB |
Omalley.jpg 51.29 Kb Jerome F. O'Malley, 9th SRW Wing Commander 1972-1973 |
osprey6a.jpg 30.05 Kb Danielson, Gudmundson |
osprey10a.jpg 22.14 Kb Major Jim Jiggens, Pilot |
Pappas_Manzi.jpg 41.51 Kb Pappas, Manzi |
PL001.jpg 50.01 Kb Loignon, Watkins |
PL002.jpg 53.26 Kb Collins, Seagroves |
PL003.jpg 33.13 Kb Mallozzi, Storrie |
PL004.jpg 49.75 Kb Sheffield, Sowers |
PL005.jpg 50.47 Kb Hichew, Schmittou |
PL006.jpg 46.63 Kb Brown, Jensen |
PL007.jpg 51.45 Kb D.Shelton, Boggess |
PL008.jpg 50.30 Kb Halloran, Jarvis |
PL009.jpg 46.72 Kb Pennington, Campbell |
Crewmembers Dave Peters and Ed Bethart
Credits:
Osprey photos 6a and 10a (Used
by permission) are the Copyrighted property of Paul F. Crickmore, Author of
"Lockheed SR-71, The Secret Missions Exposed". The PL00x series of
photos (Used by permission) are the Copyrighted Property of Phil Loignon and
scanned by David Allison at www.Habu.Org
. Ochotorena.jpg is copyrighted by Tony Landis. Additional contributors are
Chuck Dodgins, USAF, Lockheed Martin Corporation, NASA, and the Copyrighted
Auburn Files. Web page and formatting by Leland Haynes, Webmaster, SR-71 Blackbirds.
Content copyrighted on July 19, 2001. All rights reserved. Previous
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Revised on January 01, 2005
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