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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...
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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...
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...
The Cold War is filled with crazy stories of Russia trying to mimic or copy NATO and the U.S. in building lethal weapons of...
The Lockheed SR-71, known unofficially as the “Blackbird” for its dark black paint job – which was developed to dissipate heat – was among the...
While the SR-71 Blackbird remains the world’s fastest air-breathing aircraft, the rocket-powered X-15 has its own richly deserved place in the aviation history record...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” was a true speed demon. No interceptor ever really had a chance of catching it. During the aircraft’s nearly 25...
How the SR-71 Became the Fastest Plane in the World: The Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird (or, as its aircrew members have dubbed it, the Habu,...
On April 2 and 3, the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, hosted its “SR-71 Weekend,” which brought together 20 former pilots of...
There is a ton of reasons why the SR-71 Blackbird fires up the imagination like no other spy plane to ever fly: The SR-71 Blackbird, a...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” was never really much of a secret during its time in service with the United States Air Force. It had been first...