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Meet the SR-91 Aurora – The moniker “Aurora” first appeared in a black program spy plane request in the mid-1980s. Since then, the mysterious...
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Meet the SR-91 Aurora – The moniker “Aurora” first appeared in a black program spy plane request in the mid-1980s. Since then, the mysterious...
Why the SR-71 Spy Plane Was Only ‘Made In America’: During the Cold War, the United States Air Force had the Lockheed SR-71 spy plane. Unofficially...
In 1985, an administrative sergeant assigned to America’s SR-71 unit attempted to sell top-secret intelligence about the airframe to the Soviets. Ultimately, the sergeant...
Aahh, the dear old SR-71 Blackbird, subject of my first-ever article for 19FortyFive. Arguably the crowning achievement of aerospace engineering genius Clarence “Kelly” Johnson...
Russia’s Attempt to Build An SR-71 – During the Cold War, the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” earned a reputation that no aircraft could catch it, and it could even outrun...
The Myth Of The SR-91 Aurora Persists, The Plane That Never Existed – Aviation enthusiasts have been enthralled with the term “hypersonic” for several...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” has become a pop culture icon thanks to appearances in movies such as Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen and I Am Legend, while...
What Is Different: SR-71 Blackbird vs. SR-72 Darkstar – Normally at a major air show, it is the planes in the sky that draw all...
You had a chance to see the SR-72 up close this weekend: During the production of this summer’s blockbuster hit Top Gun: Maverick, the...
During its twenty-four-year career, the SR-71 remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft in the world. At 80,000 feet, the Blackbird could survey...