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A Mach 3 US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Buzzed Sacramento’s Control Tower in Afterburner. The Tower Wanted More

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Retired SR-71 pilot Maury Rosenberg told Aviation Geek Club the colonel asked whether any Air Force regulation banned approaches at Sacramento, then ordered one on his desk by morning. In 1987, flying a United 767, Rosenberg met a former Sacramento controller who said people in the terminal hid, thinking the Blackbird would hit the building.

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A Mach 3 US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Buzzed Sacramento’s Control Tower in Afterburner. The Tower Wanted More

Retired SR-71 pilot Maury Rosenberg told Aviation Geek Club the colonel asked whether any Air Force regulation banned approaches at Sacramento, then ordered one on his desk by morning. In 1987, flying a United 767, Rosenberg met a former Sacramento controller who said people in the terminal hid, thinking the Blackbird would hit the building.

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19FortyFive broke the news in Frederick, United States on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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