1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, California. Northrop T-38A Talon running VR1355 near Snoqualmie, Washington on a late winter afternoon.
January 1995 the 971 (NASA 832) flown from Edwards to Palmdale for overhaul, in june 1995 the 971 was the first reactivated SR-71A to USAF inventory. The SR-71 is now on loan to the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon. When retired the SR-71 had 3512 FH