SR-71A #61-7976 (17976)

At the Modern Flight Hangar

SR-71A #976 Cockpit

SR-71A #61-7976 is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) at Wright Patterson AFB, near Dayton, OH. This aircraft was on display at the USAF Museum's Modern Flight Hangar from 1990-2003. It has since moved into the new Kettering Gallery (Cold War Hangar) next door where it is on display near the museum's D-21 Drone, which was previously in the Research and Development Hangar with YF-12A #60-6935.

This is one of the first SR-71s to be put on permanent display, flown to the USAF Museum on 27 March 1990 and immediately moved inside. This is one of the best looking of the remaining Blackbirds, only being matched by SR-71A #972.

This aircraft flew the first operational mission of any SR-71. Assembly of this aircraft started on 13 April 1966 and its roll out was on 18 January 1967. The first flight of the aircraft was during May 1967. This aircraft ended its career with 2,985.7 flight hours.