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During its posting to Kadena
Air base, on the island of Okinawa, Japan, the SR-71 acquired
the nickname Habu, when the indigenous population likened
the SR-71’s sleek profile to that of the Habu, a small snake
native to the island. Here, Habu number 972 is seen at Kadena
as it undergoes a last-minute engine run-up prior to a reconnaissance
sortie over the Soviet naval base at Vladivostok. |