Higher, Faster, Stealthier: An Interview with SR-71 Pilot Buz Carpenter

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🗓️ 26 January 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with USAF Colonel (Ret.) Buz Carpenter, who flew some of the most incredible aircraft ever developed. As an RF-4C pilot in Vietnam, Col. Carpenter flew low level reconnaissance missions over enemy territory. Later, as the pilot of the SR-71, Buz took aviation to speeds and heights that have yet to be equaled (except by other SR-71s). Finally, at the end of his Air Force career, Col. Carpenter worked with the USAF’s Blackworld program, helping to develop today’s most advanced aircraft.

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1:06.0	That's spycloud.com slash cyberwire and we thank spy cloud for sponsoring our show. Hi and welcome to Spycast. From the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
1:33.3	I'm Dr. Vince Houghton, the Museum's historian and curator.
1:37.0	Every week, the museum brings you interesting conversations with authors,
1:40.9	scholars, and practitioners who live in the world of global espionage.
1:46.6	Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence. We are joined today by Buzz Carpenter, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel who spent his career
2:00.4	flying some of the most spectacular aircraft ever designed.
2:03.6	After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, he flew in a number of different airframes, including
2:08.4	as an F4E fighter squadron commander, and before that an RF4 C in Vietnam combat.
2:15.0	He also flew the SR 71, flying worldwide as an aircraft commander and later instructor pilot,
2:20.0	with over 60 plus operational missions occurring 777 hours.
2:25.0	He retired as a colonel after serving as a second Air Force Vice Commander,
2:29.0	the second Air Force responsible for all the USA Air Force
2:33.0	surveillance and surveillance and reconnaissance flying assets.
2:36.0	He is currently a docent at the National Air and Space Museum
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