Work became rather routine. With the Viet Nam conflict over the mission load was not very great. The tech reps … Read the rest
Category: SR71 Tales
My memories of the 28 years on the SR71 Program as an ELINT analyst and software programmer, for Airborne Instruments Laboratory, AIL.
Additional Activities
At the time I was a Fortran programmer and very good at it but had no idea how to program … Read the rest
SR71 On Okinawa and Diving
We arrived on Okinawa around Christmas 1985 the AIL crew consisted of Ron Badamo, John Giannese, George Adamo and myself. … Read the rest
Is it OVER?
In June 2025, Janis (wife) and I, accompanied by two daughters,
Theresa and Ruth, attended what was called the last … Read the rest
SR71 First Op Flight Program
SR71 Job Ending
The honeymoon was over, Jan and I had seen the elephant!
We arrived back in California in early February 1990 … Read the rest
More Okinawa Diving
The newly completed apartment house Jen and I moved into, consisted of 6 units, 3 upper and three lower. Jan … Read the rest
SR71 Trips to Okinawa and England
My first trip to Okinawa was to assist solving a problem of excessive noise in one of the receivers that … Read the rest
SR71 EMR Processing and Travel
The 1912 program afforded me quite a few opportunities for travel to brief the EMR, its capabilities and SR71 ELINT … Read the rest
SR71 EMR to EIP Hot Pizza and New Software
Sometime during the 1970s the AIL EMR ELINT system was to be replaced with the EIP (ELINT Improvement Program). This … Read the rest