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From: sxdjt@acad3.fai.alaska.edu
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Subject: Re: New USAF Spy plane?
Message-ID: <1990Jun4.193127.2931@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 4 Jun 90 19:31:27 GMT
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From: sxdjt@acad3.fai.alaska.edu

In article <1990May29.145207.21418@cbnews.att.com>, tmarshall01@cc.cut.oz.au writes...
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>From: tmarshall01@cc.cut.oz.au
>I was wondering if someone could tell me what SR stands for
>(as in SR-71. )

It stands for Strategic Recon...

>	Also , if the SR-71 has been put out of service, what
>aircraft is replacing it. The F-117? I don't think so. Does
>this mean the U.S. has a new Secret Spy plane, or do they feel
>it is unnesecary to have one.(I don't think so).

I should think that they have something, but I really doubt that it would be
something like the F-117 (too short of a range, not enough room for sensor
pallates, etc).

Back a long, long time ago, the U-2 used to be a hyper secret piece of
equipment.  Suddenly, the government was not as sensetive about them, and this
is about the time that the SR-71 came on line...

Makes ya wonder what they have flying now...