In February 1988 the SR-71 community hosted a small conference and invited representatives of the four types of US fighters –…
Belenko had intended to fly his MiG-25 to Chitose airbase, but with fuel running low, he had to land at the…
There are lots of opportunities to improve on the SR-71 Blackbird’s original design with new materials, and there are a lot…
‘Throughout the incident, my intention was to try to help fellow pilots who were in trouble,’ Major L-E. Blad, former Viggen…
‘All Soviet flying demos were mysteriously canceled that day. Could it have been the Tequila, or did they all want to…
The time lapse video in this post shows how an SR-71 Blackbird was moved from the Richmond Virginia Aviation Museum to…
‘The take seemed normal as we made our hard right turn towards Tripoli, and we were tuned for the SA-5 site…
‘During that pass we had “13 fireballs” come out of the SR-71’s exhaust. It looked beautiful, and people wanted to know…
The sight of the SR-71 caused considerable confusion in Ching Chuan Kang tower, particularly when one controller asked for the call-sign…
No Blackbird has ever been lost or damaged due to hostile action: in fact, even though over 4,000 missiles have been…
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