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SR-71B Blackbird, taken December 1994 from an in-flight refueling tanker
SR-71B was the trainer version of the SR-71. Notice the dual cockpit to allow the instructor to fly the airplane.

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for February 22, 2006. It was captioned as followed:

English: A Dryden's SR-71 Blackbird slices across the snow-covered southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California after being refueled by an Air Force tanker during a 1994 flight.

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English: A Dryden's SR-71 Blackbird slices across the snow-covered southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California after being refueled by an Air Force tanker during a 1994 flight.

Esperanto: usona armea aviadilo SR-72 super la neĝkovritaj montoj de Sierra Nevada en Kalifornio

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