While deployed at Okinawa, the SR-71s and their aircrew members gained the nickname
Habu (as did the A-12s preceding them) after a
pit viper indigenous to Japan, which the Okinawans thought the plane resembled.[1]
Merlin, Peter W. (July 2005). "The Truth is Out There... SR-71 Serials and Designations". Air Enthusiast. 118. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing: 2–6.
ISSN0143-5450.
While deployed at Okinawa, the SR-71s and their aircrew members gained the nickname
Habu (as did the A-12s preceding them) after a
pit viper indigenous to Japan, which the Okinawans thought the plane resembled.[1]
Merlin, Peter W. (July 2005). "The Truth is Out There... SR-71 Serials and Designations". Air Enthusiast. 118. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing: 2–6.
ISSN0143-5450.