Tom Drake

But the NAV system was such that once you had it properly calibrated, it always knew where it was in reference... To your base. Wow. Your hard stand. Literally, the hard stand on your parking spot at your base.

But the NAV system was such that once you had it properly calibrated, it always knew where it was in reference... To your base. Wow. Your hard stand. Literally, the hard stand on your parking spot at your base.

But the NAV system was such that once you had it properly calibrated, it always knew where it was in reference... To your base. Wow. Your hard stand. Literally, the hard stand on your parking spot at your base.

I'll just give you another one. I have any number of these, but I guess even though I know I'm going to be here a while with you, here's just one. So some of the systems I worked with when I was at CIA involving national technology, satellite technology. Did you know, and this gets back to, and you'll read it, there's a lot of stuff out there now, the keyhole program. I'll just mention that.

I'll just give you another one. I have any number of these, but I guess even though I know I'm going to be here a while with you, here's just one. So some of the systems I worked with when I was at CIA involving national technology, satellite technology. Did you know, and this gets back to, and you'll read it, there's a lot of stuff out there now, the keyhole program. I'll just mention that.

I'll just give you another one. I have any number of these, but I guess even though I know I'm going to be here a while with you, here's just one. So some of the systems I worked with when I was at CIA involving national technology, satellite technology. Did you know, and this gets back to, and you'll read it, there's a lot of stuff out there now, the keyhole program. I'll just mention that.

That was the name. It was super secret. It's still secret. But the fact that there was a keyhole program is not secret.

That was the name. It was super secret. It's still secret. But the fact that there was a keyhole program is not secret.

That was the name. It was super secret. It's still secret. But the fact that there was a keyhole program is not secret.

So this is when they went digital. There was all kinds of analog. I was part of that because I was part of the transition. You're talking late 80s. So there was still... people, analysts I work with who had grown up during the early 60s, Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, one of the older hands, he pulled me, took me under his wing to learn the trade because I was an imagery analyst.

So this is when they went digital. There was all kinds of analog. I was part of that because I was part of the transition. You're talking late 80s. So there was still... people, analysts I work with who had grown up during the early 60s, Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, one of the older hands, he pulled me, took me under his wing to learn the trade because I was an imagery analyst.

So this is when they went digital. There was all kinds of analog. I was part of that because I was part of the transition. You're talking late 80s. So there was still... people, analysts I work with who had grown up during the early 60s, Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, one of the older hands, he pulled me, took me under his wing to learn the trade because I was an imagery analyst.

And I'm just saying imagery.

And I'm just saying imagery.

And I'm just saying imagery.

And I can't even to this day reveal. It's like, how fast could the SR-71 go? We used to fly coordinates with the SR-71. We call it, that particular program name when it was on that mission was Giant Reach, right? I was on Rivet Joint or it was Burning Wind was the mission where I was on the RC-135 other variant, which was, a specialized variant, I flew on that one as well, called Combat Scent.

And I can't even to this day reveal. It's like, how fast could the SR-71 go? We used to fly coordinates with the SR-71. We call it, that particular program name when it was on that mission was Giant Reach, right? I was on Rivet Joint or it was Burning Wind was the mission where I was on the RC-135 other variant, which was, a specialized variant, I flew on that one as well, called Combat Scent.

And I can't even to this day reveal. It's like, how fast could the SR-71 go? We used to fly coordinates with the SR-71. We call it, that particular program name when it was on that mission was Giant Reach, right? I was on Rivet Joint or it was Burning Wind was the mission where I was on the RC-135 other variant, which was, a specialized variant, I flew on that one as well, called Combat Scent.

But we would fly coordinators with, and you see this coming in, man, it's, you know, multiple times the speed of sound, right? Way over 2,000 miles an hour. The top speed, yeah, you'll see books out there, there's things that have come out, but it was never revealed what its true top speed was. But it could cruise it easily three times. And then some the speed of sound root mean easily.

But we would fly coordinators with, and you see this coming in, man, it's, you know, multiple times the speed of sound, right? Way over 2,000 miles an hour. The top speed, yeah, you'll see books out there, there's things that have come out, but it was never revealed what its true top speed was. But it could cruise it easily three times. And then some the speed of sound root mean easily.