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On what was to be its last ever flight at the time, the United States Air Force’s mysterious SR-71 Blackbird spy plane demonstrated its...
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On what was to be its last ever flight at the time, the United States Air Force’s mysterious SR-71 Blackbird spy plane demonstrated its...
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...
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,...
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...
The SR-71 Blackbird, Still the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft. That means Russia tried - and failed - to shoot it down.
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...
SR-71 Spy Plane Able to Evade Enemy Air Defenses Without a Scratch: The SR-71 Blackbird put the capital “E” on evasion. The enemy fired...
No SR-71 Blackbirds Were Ever Shot Down – And Other Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know: Of the thirty-two Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbirds” that were built...
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...