Someone mentioning a 'Flying Dorito,' is likely talking about the A-12 jet. But how did the aircraft earn the name and what ...

An oxcart is not fast, but the A-12 Oxcart spy plane sure was. This aircraft was built to speed through the skies and collect ...

In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

Lockheed's Model 12-A was a twin-engine transport plane that ... The 12-A sat two pilots in the cockpit and up to six passengers in the body, making it a good vehicle for the military and private ...

Deceptively nicknamed “Oxcart,” the supersonic Lockheed A-12 aircraft he piloted was the single-seat predecessor of its ultimately more famous, two-man virtual twin, the SR-71 Blackbird.