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[[Image:SR-71_parked.jpg|thumb|left|An SR-71 on the runway.]]
[[Image:SR-71_parked.jpg|thumb|left|An SR-71 on the runway.]]
==Operational History==
In 1967 and 1968, SR-71s flew over two dozen reconnaissance missions in support of [[Operation Rolling Thunder]], mostly over [[North Vietnam]], but some flights covered [[Cambodia]] and [[Laos]] as well.
In the early 1980s, SR-71s from Beale Air Force Base conducted missions over communist [[Nicaragua]].<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_157.shtml Nicaragua, 1980-1988]</ref>
SR-71s overflew [[Grenada]] and gathered information in preparation for the 1983 invasion.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_159.shtml Grenada, 1983: Operation Urgent Fury]</ref>
After the bombing of [[Libya]] in April 1986 ([[Operation El Dorado Canyon]]), two Blackbirds flew a mission to collect post-strike intelligence. It was the first time that two SR-71s flew a joint mission.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_359.shtml Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 5]</ref>
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