Lockheed YF-12A 60-6934 first flight at Groom Lake, Nevada, 7 August 1963, with test pilot James D. Eastham Published on August 6, 2012 in 7 August 1963Full resolution (754 × 538) Next → The first Lockheed YF-12A interceptor, 60-6934, flown by James D. Eastham, lands at Groom Lake, Nevada, after its first flight, 7 August 1963. (U.S. Air Force)