Flight Jacket Night 2013 with Col. Richard Graham

Col. Richard Graham, USAF (Ret.)

As part of the annual Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night lecture series, Air Force Col. Richard Graham (Ret.), one of the 86 pilots who have experienced the thrill of flying the world's fastest jet aircraft Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, talked about this incredible plane. He was the SR-71 Squadron Commander in 1981, later becoming the 9th Wing Commander at Beale AFB.

Dane A. Penland, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum