Guided tour around the only Blackbird Interceptor in the world - the Lockheed YF-12A

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Join me in this detailed tour around the only Lockheed Skunkworks YF12A Blackbird that was an A-12 based Cold War Interceptor. The production F-12B was ordered but cancelled before production begun. Three were made and two were destroyed so this is the last one and on display at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton Ohio. Thumbnail photo credit: National Museum of the US Air Force Other videos: North American X-15 guided tour: https://youtu.be/2vp40OnBMXc Museum of Flight guided tour: https://youtu.be/CG0yrACmDAs Lockheed Super Constellation flying footage: https://youtu.be/Rc3pUpY7GpM Lockheed Super Constellation guided tour: https://youtu.be/sd5xujtsOlo Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space museum: https://youtu.be/CpJiLUDwyx0 National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 1: https://youtu.be/7ZKQzgLiZ94 National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 2: https://youtu.be/ZKKUP4h58rM Duxford Air Museum UK: https://youtu.be/VxIyQCAQi7g American Air Museum at Duxford: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 Tour through the first ever Boeing 747 in Seattle: https://youtu.be/boGbjkx3_7c​ Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: https://youtu.be/8VOUbCfki1Q Detailed tour around the Lockheed F-22 Raptor: https://youtu.be/l4y71pDy8t0 Republic F-105 Thunderchief tour: https://youtu.be/O4CBT59STuc North American F-100 Super Sabre: https://youtu.be/2Qht4zoWhtQ McDonnell F-101 Voodo: https://youtu.be/sVU5VBrmxPc Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: https://youtu.be/jTco1izJXBs Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit prototype: https://youtu.be/xEPs9izdDJA Lockheed YF-12A tour: https://youtu.be/Ni_Mzfp8EKE Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: https://youtu.be/8VOUbCfki1Q F-117 Nighthawk: https://youtu.be/KTCP1_0AkxQ American Air Museum guided tour: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 Tupolev Tu144: https://youtu.be/43mbeTtCXsE de Havilland Comet 4: https://youtu.be/7nfH16RpXjs Avro Vulcan tour and engine run: https://youtu.be/FgXZT1Ym4rk SAM 26000 VC-137C: https://youtu.be/-vwI3efLs4w Lockheed VC-121E “Columbine III”: https://youtu.be/lTbL8MY8aZk Douglas VC-54C “Sacred Cow” : https://youtu.be/08IngOll0pg Tour around the first Boeing 747 in Seattle: https://youtu.be/_fU1EUwwH_8?si=oj0TdU0TD0qI9y4s Tour around a Saturn V rocket in Houston: https://youtu.be/ByXRfwAK1S8 F-117 Nighthawk: https://youtu.be/KTCP1_0AkxQ Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose": https://youtu.be/zwniLHX-KTc Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: https://youtu.be/h4_ESnENDfI Boeing B-29 Superfortress: https://youtu.be/6TcTDd2v090 Convair B-36 Peacemaker: https://youtu.be/bvM0usMCQkg Boeing B-47 Stratojet: https://youtu.be/DPf40OW5Z0A Convair B-58 Hustler: https://youtu.be/UmQfyfedaRk North American XB-70 Valkryie: https://youtu.be/O8GvQ_N_lLk North American X-15: https://youtu.be/2vp40OnBMXc Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: https://youtu.be/McR124aLTnA Tour around a Titan II missile silo on Tucson: https://youtu.be/k4my24bGlEM 0:00 intro 0:35 background 1:10 the nose, Hughes AN/ASG-18, chines 3:20 nosewheel 3:45 storage holds for AIM-47 Falcon missiles 5:25 Pratt & Whitney J58 (JTD11D-20A) afterburning turbojet with compressor bleed bypass, 20,500 lbf (91 kN) thrust each dry, 31,500 lbf (140 kN) with afterburner 6:56 tail end and unique fins 7:44 titanium triangles to reduce radar return 8:29 afterburner and tertiary doors 8:56 two tail fins 9:25 larger central ventral fin 9:47 USAF logos 10:07 main landing gear 10:50 panel gaps and aerodynamic heating, JP-7 fuel and TEB 13:16 starter motor AG330 startcart 13:34 cockpit and fire control officer seat 14:15 M-61 gun 14:26 record breaking flights 15:05 YF-12 fleet 15:19 SR-71C 16:15 mach 6.4 radar testing 16:42 top secret 17:04 bomber B-12 plan 17:22 test pods 17:28 F-12B order and cancellation