Originally Posted by ZCarMan

Maybe so. I remember when the Blackbird used to fly missions for Navy. I had the privilege of seeing the Blackbird at an airshow at Travis AFB and that was quite a site! That plane still rocks! I think they still fly for NOAA or NASA at least they used to. Coolest aircraft stuff I viewed outside of regular carrier flights ops which in and of itself is quite the thing to witness was when a B-52 and a B-1B Lancer flew low level right above the water past our carrier. Thats something you don't see every day, even in the Navy!