RenOh no.
For my whole life I thought I had seen an SR-71A Blackbird when I was a child.
It was actually an A-12!
In my defense, they look very similar.
Okay, cool stuff (to me at least):
I have a little diecast model SR-71A with a NASA livery. Of course I had to get the NASA livery.
So I did some research, and apparently NASA did have this plane. Only it was a YF-12. Only it wasn’t a YF-12.
NASA was not allowed to have an SR-71 at the time during the Cold War, as it was classified and belonged to the CIA. But one was loaned to them, they modified it with YF-12A inlets and gave it the (already existing) tail number of an also classified A-12. And because the planes were similar, they passed off the SR-71 as a YF-12.
So this model is accurate to a very real aircraft with an interesting history.
KolaMagpie@ziphi I love the idea that they couldn't have an SR-71 but its totally okay for them to have a YF-12 XD
@KolaMagpie At a glance they're very hard to tell apart. It's kinda funny.
Heathen 🐈@ziphi
Idk where you are, but if you ever get near Dayton OH you gotta remind me to take you to the Air Force Museum. Well, have one of my partners take us both.
Idk where you are, but if you ever get near Dayton OH you gotta remind me to take you to the Air Force Museum. Well, have one of my partners take us both.
@heathen_cat I am far to the south of you. Last time I came through Ohio (about eight years ago), returning from a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I stopped at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. It was quite cool.
Softwarewolf@ziphi @heathen_cat I went there last year, it was pretty cool!
You should come back to Ohio sometime, I'll treat you to some *checks notes* corn and weird regional variant of "chili". 
Animatronic Pumpkin