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Fact: The United States Air Force’s now-retired SR-71 “Blackbird” reached astounding high speeds that no enemy aircraft could hope to intercept it. While other...
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Fact: The United States Air Force’s now-retired SR-71 “Blackbird” reached astounding high speeds that no enemy aircraft could hope to intercept it. While other...
Envisioned as an unmanned, reusable hypersonic intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, the much-touted SR-72 could, in theory, reach speeds of Mach 6 –...
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...
During the Cold War, the United States Air Force had the Lockheed SR-71 spy plane. Unofficially known as the “Blackbird” for its black paint...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” was quite an aircraft – it was designed to enter hostile airspace, take reconnaissance photographs from truly extreme heights and...
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...
There may be countless fables involving animals, but one for the ages could have been about the Blackbird and the Foxbat. In this case,...
Much debate remains on whether the Lockheed Martin SR-72, affectionately known as the “Son of the Blackbird,” is actually real. It reportedly could be...
During the Cold War the Soviet Union developed the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, a supersonic interceptor, and reconnaissance aircraft. Designed to intercept fast American aircraft like...
In the 1980s an idea was conceived by military planners to develop a hypersonic spy plane that could reach Mach 5+, making it truly...