USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay preferred the SR (Strategic Reconnaissance) designation and wanted the RS-71 to be named SR-71.
Before the July speech, LeMay lobbied to modify Johnson's speech to read "SR-71" instead of "RS-71".
The media transcript given to the press at the time still had the earlier RS-71 designation in places, creating the story that the president had misread the aircraft's designation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
Before the July speech, LeMay lobbied to modify Johnson's speech to read "SR-71" instead of "RS-71".
The media transcript given to the press at the time still had the earlier RS-71 designation in places, creating the story that the president had misread the aircraft's designation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
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