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A comment on Inside America's U-2 Spyplane [video].

Re:Inside America's U-2 Spyplane [video] by philip1209 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:57PM (#17280104)
What happened to the SR-71? Is it still flying? If not, why did the U-2 last longer in service?
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Re:Inside America's U-2 Spyplane [video] by unit91 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:59PM (#17280114)
Cost. SR-71 was very expensive to operate.

LA Times article from 1989 when it was discussed (the first time; the SR-71 was retired twice):

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-09/opinion/op-1582_1_air...

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