European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine the new yf12a Swift and deadly hailed Ai the world s fastest Jet plane the just unveiled yf12a interceptor adds super Swift punch or the defense of North Amer Ica. The air Force s Black beauties can Crulie at 2.000 Miles per hour can shoot new 2,000 . Nuclear missiles and can perform four times better than the fi06 fighters which have been watching the skies. Hie yf12a, formerly known As the All is also the world s highest flying military plane and More than doubles the distance at which invading bomber fleets can be intercepted. The new plane also is capable of destroying missiles fired by invading aircraft in a nuclear attack. With its own self contained radar computer and Miille firing systems the yf12a con operate without any direction from ground stations. About 102 feet Long the Mach-3 Jet s modified Delta wings have a Span of about 52 feet. The missiles which it carries weigh in at 800 pounds each and Are about 12 feet Long. Newsmen who inspected the plane estimated its missile Bays Are Large enough for 8 to 12 of them. Newsmen who Gol a preview of the yf12a interceptor Ore dwarfed by the size of the new air Force plane. Rear View of the interceptor shows the two huge Jet engines which Power it. The javelin like bomber killer takes off from Edwards air Force base. It flies at Over 2,000 . Wednesday october 7, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 11