In the aftermath of Operation El Dorado Canyon, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was sent across Qaddafi’s 'Line of Death' for a high-risk overflight of Libya ...

The incredible power of the fastest jet in the USAF.

NASA used the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1990s to study high-speed flight, propulsion, sonic booms and hypersonic technologies at ...

The Blackbird’s operational record was impeccable. Known as one of the most awe-inspiring achievements in the history of aviation, Lockheed Martin’s SR-71 Blackbird was the pinnacle of twentieth ...

As the Cold War between the United States and USSR was heating up, U.S. policymakers desired new aerial platforms that could circumvent the Soviets’ advanced air defense systems. The resulting spy ...

The SR-71 did not simply fade into a museum corner; it left service with the same aura of speed and mystery that defined its entire career. Its retirement years were framed by record-setting dashes ...

For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books. At the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, ...

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The history of military aviation is, in a few ways, a story of pushing speed to its limits.

Back in 1976, Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Morgan Jr. climbed on board a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and set the absolute world speed record for a manned, ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Lieutenant Colonel Ed Yeilding shot ...