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Throughout the Cold War, the United States Air Force’s SR-71 was one of the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet in the air, it could...
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Throughout the Cold War, the United States Air Force’s SR-71 was one of the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet in the air, it could...
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...
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,...
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...
SR-71: Never Shot Down, But the Soviets Damn Sure Tried – The legendary SR-71 Blackbird, Still the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft (and subject...
SR-71 Spy Plane Story: In an unforgettable example of super-speedy and long-range flight, a pilot and his recon systems officer pushed the envelope of an...
The Saab J37 made history: During its nearly twenty-five years in service, the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” set numerous speed records, and on July 28, 1976, the...
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...
The SR-71 Blackbird was never hit or damaged by enemy fire. It eluded an estimated 4,000 surface-to-air missiles during its service life. With this...
Within my very first published article for 1945, a primer on the SR-71 Blackbird, I made a brief mention of the mysterious SR-91 Aurora...