Lockheed's "Skunkworks", with the now legendary Kelly Johnson at the helm, got the green light from the CIA to go ahead with the A-12 program in late 1959. Less than 30 months later, the A-12 made its first flight. That A-12, tail number 06924, is now on display alongside SR-71 number 17973 at the Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, CA. lat: 34.602975 lon: -118.085926 link to this blackbird more in