OXCART FACTS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01396126
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2017
• Case Number: F-2015-02619
• Publication Date: November 16, 1972

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OXCART
FACTS
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'A=12'SPEC1FICATIONS
'AIRFRAME
WING SPAN 55.62'
LENGTH 101.6'
HEIGHT 18.45'
LANDING GEAR
TREAD WIDTH 16.67'
BASIC WEIGHT 52,700 LBS.
MAX GROSS WEIGHT 123,600 LBS.
'EN"G'INE
PRATT & WHITNEY J-58 (Jill D20)
THRUST 32,500 LBS.
AIRSPEED 3.2 MACH
ALTITUDE 100,000'
BY - PASS WITH AFTER BURNER
PERFORMA'1\teE
DESIGN SPEED 3.2 MACH (1860K)
ALTITUDE 84,000 t'
RANGE (NO-REFUEL) 3,700 N. M.
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A-I2
EXPERIENCE RECORD
(AS OF 10 JULY, 1967)
'AIR CRAFT
FIRST FLIGHT
TOTAL FLIGHTS
TOTAL HOURS
TOTAL FLIGHTS @ MACH 3.0
TOTAL. HOURS @ MACH 3.0
LONGEST FLIGHT @ MACH 3.0
LONGEST MACH. 3.2 TIME ON A
SINGLE FLIGHT
LONGEST SINGLE FLIGHT
DURATION
SPEED - MAX
ALTITUDE .-MAX
J-58 ENGINES
TOTAL ENGINE FLIGHTS
TOTAL ENGINE HOURS
TOTAL ENGINE FLIGHTS @ MACH
3.0
TOTAL ENGINE FLIGHT HOURS @ MACH
3.0
TOTAL GROUND TEST HOURS
TOTAL MACH 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUND TEST HOUR S
TOTAL 150 HOUR QUALIFICATION
TESTS
26 APRIL 1962
2470
4013:43
757
455:49
3:50 HRS.
3:30 HRS.
7:40 HRS.
3.29 MACH
90,000 FT.
7,442
14,109
3,184
1,774
25,263
6,139
6
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TOTAL FL1 G HT S
TOTAL FLIGHT OPERATING HOURS
TOTAL OPERATING TIME
�SAS AUTO PILOT
TOTAL FLI GHTS
TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS
TOTAL OPERATING HOURS
CAMERAS
TOTAL FLIGHTS
TOTAL FLIGHT
OPERATING HRS.
TOTAL FLIGHT
ABOVE MACH 3.0
TOTAL HOURS @
@ MACH 3.0
LONGEST FLIGHT @
MACH 3.0
PILOTS (6)
203
156
100
84
1.5
AVERAGE PILOT EXPERIENCE
AVERAGE TOTAL FLIGHT TIME
TIME IN A-12
TIME IN PROJECT
AVERAGE A-I2 FLIGHTS
II
7_8
65
49
47
2. 0
1,430
3, 227
39, 733
2,469
4, 003
37, 994
III
49_
26
29
19
I. 3
14.4 YEARS
3998 HOURS
87/353/452 HRS.
.7/4.6 YEARS
223
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'LIFE SUPPORT
TOTAL SUIT FLIGHTS (DETACHMENT) 1751
EWS
TOTAL FLIGHT TESTS 110
DETACHMENT
ACTIVATED
TIME IN TRAINING AS A UNIT
AVERAGE TIME IN PROJECT
(PERSONNEL)
OXCART A-I2 AIRCRAFT:
INVENTORY
OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT:
KADENA AB 3
AREA 51 3
1 OCTOBER 1960
1/54 MONTHS
40/44 MONTHS
TWO- SEAT TRAINER 1
FLIGHT TEST AIR-
CRAFT 2/ 2
A-I2 ACCIDENT HISTORY
ACFT NBR DATE PILOT FATE CAUSE
123 5-24-64 Ejected Safely Plugged Pilot
Static Tube Mal-
function
133 7-9-64 Ejected Safely Pit Cont. Sur-
face
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ACFT NBR DATE PILOT FATE CAUSE
ert�toive nvrie-
126 12-28-65 Ejected Safely Human Error
125 1-5-67 Fatal Fuel Guage
Malfunction
If DETACHMENT 1, I129th BEGAN TRAINING AS A UNIT
COINCIDENT WITH DELIVERY OF FIRST AIRCRAFT (TRAINER)
IN JANUARY 1963. PRIOR TO THAT IT HAD BEEN SUPPORTING
LAC FLIGHT TEST EFFORT.
2/ ONE FLIGHT TEST AIRCRAFT (#I22) "MOTHBALLED" AT
PALMDALE. CALIF. - 16 SEPT 67
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OXCART
SENSORS
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SYSIEMNI
WIDE BAND CRYSTAL VIDEO ELINT RECEIVER
AND RECORDER:
'MANU'FA'CT'URER - THOMPSON - RAMO - WOOLDRIDGE
(TRW SYSTEMS, INC.)
NUMBER 'OF' SYSTEMS IN INVENTORY (3)
WEIGHT -APPROX. 70 LBS.
'FR'EQ'UENCY�COVER'AGE - 5 BANDS
itptz
50 TO 600 MHz, 600 TO IGHz
1 GHz TO 2 GHz to 4GHz
4 GHz TO 8 GHz AND TIME CODE GENERATOR
'BANDWIDTH - 30 KHz
'SENSITIVITY - (-45 dbnn)
CAPABILITY - PROVIDES CONTINUOUS ANALOG
RECORDING WITHIN THE ABOVE
MENTIONED FREQUENCY BANDS.
SLUEDOG
MISSILE GUIDANCE JAMMER - RECEIVES, STORES
AND RETRANSMITS SA-2 "L" BAND MISSILE GUIDANCE
COMMANDS WHICH PROVIDE FALSE COMMANDS TO THE
MISSILE DURING THE TERMINAL PORTION OF THE INTER-
CEPT.
'M'ANU'FACTUR'ER - ELECTRONIC DEFENSE LABS (SYLVANIA)
'NUMBER�OF"SYSTEMS�IN INVENTORY (7)
W'EIGH'T - APPROX. 480 LBS. (INCLUDES CHINE BOX)
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