When the first preproduction YF-104A (55-2961) arrived at the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards in August 1956, it did not arrive as a combat aircraft. It came to prove that speed could be studied ...
As we continue the Boneyard Files series, which showcases some of the retired aircraft resting at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, in the late 1960s, today’s story features the ...