SR-71 Blackbird

NASA Asks Former SR-71 Staffers To Help bring back to fly this Blackbird

NASA Asks Former SR-71 Staffers To Help bring back to fly this Blackbird

NASA to bring back to fly SR-71 Blackbird? 27 years after it was retired, one… Read More

4 weeks ago

1.842 knots on the ground: SR-71 Blackbird pilot recalls famed Speed Check

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

4 weeks ago

SR-71 Pilot recalls Buzzing Tower of Sacramento Airport with Afterburners Lit

The Blackbird family The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included… Read More

4 weeks ago

Before D-21, A-12 had to be used as Starfighter carrier. The M-21/QF-104 that never was.

Archangel Selecting a place called Area 51 in Nevada and beneath a shroud of secrecy,… Read More

1 month ago

SR-71 RSO recalls NY ANG almost converting from C-5 to Blackbird to save the SR-71 program

SR-71 One of the most recognizable aircraft in the US Air Force, SR-71s were long-… Read More

1 month ago

SR-71 pilot recalls doing a Blackbird super low pass at a speed of 152 knots

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

1 month ago

“NASA 831 do not light your AB!” EAA AirVenture Oshkosh announcer recalls NASA SR-71B having almost catastrophic fuel leak on mission to do flyby at EAA Oshkosh

NASA Blackbirds During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude… Read More

2 months ago

Blackbird Pilot recalls Secret Party SR-71 Crews had with Victor Pugachev and other Soviet Su-27 Pilots at Paris Air Show 1989

Det 4 The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included the… Read More

2 months ago

The A-12CB, the Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

A-12CB: Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane The A-12 reconnaissance aircraft was the product… Read More

2 months ago

SR-71 pilot recalls spray painting RC-135 silhouettes all over Kadena AB. RC-135 crew members had to remove all the painted planes.

The Blackbird The SR-71, unofficially known as the "Blackbird," is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance… Read More

2 months ago