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
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 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
SR71 The Final Group and the Wake
This photo of the ‘Final Few’.
DET1 Final Group
This is a photo of the AIL crew on Okinawa when … 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