These four speed records were accepted by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), the recognized body for aviation records in the United States.National Aeronautic Association Additionally, Air & Space/Smithsonian reported that the USAF clocked the SR-71 at one point in its flight reaching .Marshall, Elliot, The Blackbird's Wake, Air & Space, October/November 1990, p. 31. After the Los Angeles–Washington flight, on 6 March 1990, Senator John Glenn addressed the United States Senate, chastising the Department of Defense for not using the SR-71 to its full potential:
