The SR-71 Blackbird, the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, held its speed record not because of its airframe’s ...

The U.S. Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Long-Range Mach 3 Military Reconnaissance Jet Aircraft – A Skunk Works Black Project – in 1966. (Getty Images/P. Wallick) There are an unending number of ...

Born from the need to replace the vulnerable U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird was an engineering marvel of the Cold War. We ...

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 ...

Every last component of the Blackbird was specialized and distinct; the jet needed to do things no other jet could do. As a result, the SR-71 shared roughly zero commonality with any other airframe.

As Cold War tensions heightened during the 1950s, the CIA began flying the U-2 spy plane to keep tabs on the Soviet Union’s fast expanding nuclear weapons capabilities. Ungainly and relatively ...

Museum Docent Scott Willey describes the final record-setting flight of the National Air and Space Museum's SR-71. Learn more about the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display at the National Air and ...

Every Labour Day since 1946, Canada has held its International Air Show on the shores of Lake Ontario near Toronto. It's an incredible display of Canadian, American and allied aircraft, bringing ...

The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to loss by enemy defenses, a dozen Blackbirds were lost to accidents. On July ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Before the era of military drones and satellites, there was the SR-71 Blackbird — an engineering marvel. It operated in the upper reaches of ...

Brian Shul, a celebrated SR-71 Blackbird pilot, author, photographer, and inspirational speaker, passed away at 75 from a heart attack following a speaking engagement. His distinguished military ...

The company, that also shared plans for the next Mk 2 aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine, aims for the final Quarterhorse Mk 3 to break the SR-71 flight speed record. Hermeus, a US ...