9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

“We had no viable emergency airfields, and I did not want to be a no-notice, no–flight plan, single-engine emergency arrival at…

While the SR-71 was operational, several pilots flew the Blackbird faster than the official record but not during sanctioned record attempts…

“My call sign was ‘Belmont 86’ and my transmissions to approach control were something like this: ‘Bodø Approach, Belmont 86, six-zero…

“On take off, shortly after rotation and beyond the take off abort point, the SR-71 left engine surged, followed by progressive…