{"product_id":"cia-project-oxcart-9798227156013","title":"CIA Project OXCART","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Td Barnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: TD Barnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: TD Barnes\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military - Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCIA Project OXCART, Project Gusto produced the program code-named Oxcart to develop the stealthy A-12 Archangel as a new U-2 follow-on aircraft. Under CIA Project Oxcart, the stealthy A-12 Archangel was flight-tested at Area 51, Nevada, under a shroud of secrecy.\u003cbr\u003eFlying at 95,000 feet and 2,221 mph or Mach 3.35, the A-12 was the fastest, highest-flying jet-powered, piloted aircraft ever, faster than the Air Force's SR-71, who officially holds the speed record.\u003cbr\u003eSelecting a place called Area 51 in Nevada and beneath a shroud of secrecy, the Central Intelligence Agency first flew the U-2, the Angel knowing at the time that the Russians would most likely shoot it down within 18 months.\u003cbr\u003eTo replace the U-2, the CIA designed America's first stealth plane, using the slide rule to produce what today remains the highest flying and fastest crewed, air-breathing aircraft ever flown, the A-12 Archangel.\u003cbr\u003eThe agency named it the Oxcart, the first of a family of four Blackbird planes. Unknown for decades, the A-12 flew 2,850 sorties out of Area 51, some faster than a rifle bullet and up to 90,000 feet. Now declassified, Area 51 veteran TD Barnes can now tell the OXCART story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46472223457431,"sku":"9798227156013","price":1740.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798227156013.jpg?v=1766252340","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cia-project-oxcart-9798227156013","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}