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THE BLACKBIRD SERIES – BIG TAIL The Air Force Armament Museum @AFArmamentMuseum is located on the outside of @EglinAFB near Valparaiso and Niceville, both in Florida. Displayed on the grounds are several historic aircraft with the most popular likely to be the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird SN 61-7959 “Big Tail” standing front and center. This particular Blackbird has a unique trial modification which added 8 feet (2.44m) beyond the tail to carry a new optical bar camera as well as more electronic countermeasures. The testing indicated that aerodynamics were not unduly affected — but the additional equipment did not substantially add to mission capability either. SN 61-7959 started her career in 1966 like any other SR-71. In 1975 she was selected as the test platform for a new OBC (optical bar camera), surveillance and ECM (electronic counter-measures) suite located in a eight-foot "boom" attached to the aft end of the fuselage. 📷 @lockheedmartin via my friend Tony Landis. #SR71Blackbird #SR71 #A12 #LockheedMartin #SkunkWorks #AVporn #AVgeek #Oxcart #Pilot #SkunkWorks #EglinAFB #cockpit #AFArmamentMuseum #Florida #USAF #Mach #DreamlandLasVegas #Supersonic #HABU #HighAltitude #Mach3_plus