A D-21 drone rests in the Southern Museum of Flight's (SMF) Cold War wing. The drone was carried and launched from a modified A-12 CIA high-performance reconnaissance aircraft and then later from a modified USAF B-52. Born of the Cold War, it tested the limits of technology available in the time period as a way of collecting reconnaissance imagery over denied territory. The reconnaissance drone is on long-term loan to the SMF from NRO.
| Date Taken: | 03.21.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 10.14.2025 13:02 |
| Photo ID: | 9361069 |
| VIRIN: | 190321-F-TK274-5354 |
| Resolution: | 1440x1080 |
| Size: | 140.83 KB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 43 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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