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From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: New USAF Spy plane?
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Date: 5 Jun 90 18:02:55 GMT
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From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith)

SR-71: Strategic Reconnaissance (redesignated from B-71.) Would anyone care to
comment upon/explain the misleading use of DoD designations in the case of the
Blackbird? I'm referring to the YF-109 (?) business.

Duncan