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.
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 Beale Edwards First Okinawa Trip
We drove across the US in about a week to Marysville, California. A local Motel was our home for a … Read the rest
SR71 First Op Flight Program
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
SR71 Finally Leaving Okinawa
Jan I did have the opportunity to take several short trips off Okinawa, two to Taipei and one to Hong … Read the rest
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 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 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 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