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The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that pitched up and collided with a KC-135Q tanker during an air refueling over El Paso

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that pitched up and collided with a KC-135Q tanker during an air refueling over El Paso

Linda Sheffield Miller

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The story of the first SR-71 crew to deploy a Blackbird in Japan that landed at Kadena two hours before the take off from Beale beating the sun

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the first SR-71 crew to deploy a Blackbird in Japan that landed at Kadena two hours before the take off from Beale beating the sun

Linda Sheffield Miller

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

That time an SR-71 Blackbird pilot hit the afterburners and did a flyby of the tower of Sacramento Airport

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when a KC-135Q crew flew through a thunderstorm with their tanker’s throttles frozen to refuel its Blackbird

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when a KC-135Q crew flew through a thunderstorm with their tanker’s throttles frozen to refuel its Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he accelerated his Habu at Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy," simulated kill against its Blackbird during a training sortie

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he accelerated his Habu at Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy,” simulated kill against its Blackbird during a training sortie

Dario Leone

Here’s why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the SR-71 (and why Soviets never developed their own Blackbird)

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Here’s why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the SR-71 (and why Soviets never developed their own Blackbird)

Linda Sheffield Miller

That time an SR-71 deployed Ladies Underwear (along with the drag chute) upon landing to adjust the attitude of a new Blackbird pilot

Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

That time an SR-71 deployed Ladies Underwear (along with the drag chute) upon landing to adjust the attitude of a new Blackbird pilot

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Aircrew remembers a Memorable Encounter with a Soviet MiG-31 Interceptor over the Barents Sea

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot tells the story of a tense mission over the Barents Sea where he spotted a Soviet MiG-31 scrambled to intercept his Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

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The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

The SR-71 crew that ejected and was whisked away to mayor’s house while USAF frantically looked for them

Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The SR-71 crew that ejected and was whisked away to mayor’s house while USAF frantically looked for them

Linda Sheffield Miller

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

General Curtis LeMay wanted a bomber variant of the A-12 but the SR-71 Blackbird was developed instead

Linda Sheffield Miller

The secret life of SR-71 #755: the first Blackbird to use the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System to photograph Soviet Submarines

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The secret life of SR-71 #955: the first Blackbird to use the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System to photograph Soviet Submarines

Linda Sheffield Miller

Robert Powell, the first pilot to clock 1,000 hours in the SR-71 Blackbird, passed away

Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Robert Powell, the first pilot to clock 1,000 hours in the SR-71 Blackbird, passed away

Dario Leone

In collaboration with: Osprey Publishing

Here’s why the SR-71 Blackbird airframe was designed to leak fuel

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why the SR-71 Blackbird airframe was designed to leak fuel

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of SR-71A #61-7959, the only “Big Tail” Blackbird in existence

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of SR-71A #61-7959, the only “Big Tail” Blackbird in existence

Linda Sheffield Miller

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

Dario Leone

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Dario Leone

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