SR-71 Blackbird

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SR-71 Near Losses: Blackbird emergency landings in West Germany and Norway

SR-71 Near Losses: Blackbird emergency landings in West Germany and Norway

SR-71 Near Losses An icon of the Cold War, the SR-71 had been in frontline… Read More

11 hours ago

The US secretly tested A-12 Mach 3 Spy Plane RCS during Cuban Missile Crisis

U-2 replacement The A-12 was the product of Project Oxcart, a secret military program to… Read More

4 days ago

SR-71 flying at Mach 3.2 evading two SA-2 SAMs Over Haiphong: The Phantom Link

SR-71 at Mach 3.2 Over Haiphong Author’s Note: This piece is a dramatized thriller based… Read More

6 days ago

“Above our Mach 3.2 limit:” SR-71 pilot recalls outrunning Gaddafi’s SAMs during BDA flight of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

Blackbird From the shadows of the Cold War emerged an espionage platform that expanded the… Read More

1 week ago

Not designed to go faster than Mach 3.3: SR-71 pilot on Blackbird True Top Speed

The Blackbird The SR-71, unofficially known as the “Blackbird,” was a long-range, Mach 3+, strategic… Read More

1 week ago

Returning an SR-71 to flight: why the challenge is not restoring an aircraft but rebuilding a system

The possibility of returning an SR-71 to flight The possibility of returning a Lockheed SR-71… Read More

2 weeks ago

SR-71 pilot recalls flying at Mach 3.4+ over Murmansk (and tells why Blackbird limiting speed was Mach 3.55)

Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft The SR-71, unofficially known as the “Blackbird,” was a long-range,… Read More

2 weeks ago

SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and were Changed after 10 Takeoffs. Here’s why.

Cutting edge engineering The SR-71 spy plane, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family… Read More

3 weeks ago

YF-12 Blackbird pilot recalls shooting down QB-47 Target Drone

Converting the A-12 into an interceptor In March 1960, even before delivering the first A-12… Read More

3 weeks ago

SR-71 pilot recalls stealing jar with testicles of U-2 pilots’ passed away mascot and flying it at Mach 3+

The SR-71 Blackbird The SR-71 spy plane, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family… Read More

3 weeks ago