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No enemy ever shot down an SR-71 Blackbird in 25 years of flying over hostile territory. Twelve were destroyed anyway — and the last...
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No enemy ever shot down an SR-71 Blackbird in 25 years of flying over hostile territory. Twelve were destroyed anyway — and the last...
The SR-71 Blackbird was the fastest plane ever built, but it was never allowed to carry a weapon. Lockheed wanted to change that —...
Colonel Richard Sheffield’s right engine exploded at Mach 2.88 and 68,000 feet over Oklahoma. His back was still sore from ejecting the year before...
At 83,000 feet over the Soviet Union, both engines on an SR-71 Blackbird quit at Mach 3. The crew had two options: eject into...
The SR-71 Blackbird’s Real Speed Limit Was 427°C at the Compressor Face — Pratt & Whitney Wouldn’t Guarantee the J58 Engines Past That Temperature...
SR-71 ‘The Rapid Rabbit’ Lost Both Engines and All Electronics at Mach 3.2 Over Vietnam — Major Tom Pugh Saved the Aircraft at Mach...
‘We Lose Pieces Bigger Than What You Fly’: A Valkyrie Pilot’s Response to a YF-12 Pilot Bragging About Mach 3 Hours Is the Best...
SR-71 Blackbird Pilot David Peters: ‘Very Few Missiles Could Make Up 36 or More Miles Per Minute’ The iconic SR-71 Blackbird was America’s spy...
The SR-71 Blackbird Grew Out of the CIA’s A-12 Oxcart Program — And Immediately Competed With CORONA Reconnaissance Satellites for Funding At 19FortyFive, part...
The Lockheed YF-12 Hit Mach 3 and 80,257 Feet in 1965 — Then the Tet Offensive Ended Its Air Force Career In the 1960s,...