habuchas.com – My SR-71 ELINT Travel and Engineering Trips

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In June 2025, Janis (wife) and I, accompanied by two daughters,

Theresa and Ruth, attended what was called the last … Read the rest

We arrived on Okinawa around Christmas 1985 the AIL crew consisted of Ron Badamo, John Giannese, George Adamo and myself. … Read the rest

The honeymoon was over, Jan and I had seen the elephant!
We arrived back in California in early February 1990 … Read the rest

The newly completed apartment house Jen and I moved into, consisted of 6 units, 3 upper and three lower. Jan … Read the rest

My first trip to Okinawa was to assist solving a problem of excessive noise in one of the receivers that … Read the rest

I was saddened to hear SR 71 pilot Lieutenant Colonel John “Jack” Veth passed away May 27, 2021 Jack was … Read the rest

The 1912 program afforded me quite a few opportunities for travel to brief the EMR, its capabilities and SR71 ELINT … Read the rest

Sometime during the 1970s the AIL EMR ELINT system was to be replaced with the EIP (ELINT Improvement Program). This … Read the rest

With the EIP and software package the ELINT reporting became very easy. By that time Tom Brown was firmly established … Read the rest