What You Need to Know: The SR-72, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, is a proposed hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft aimed to fill critical intelligence gaps in the U.S. Air Force. Expected ...

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Top secret for years, the Skunk Works’s SR-71 is still the reigning champion as the fastest aircraft of all time. The Top Gun team made a logical choice. After all, the fictional SR-72 “Darkstar” ...

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Here’s What You Need to Know: It was expensive to operate, and intelligence can be gathered far more easily these days via satellite. But there are rumors of an advanced replacement drone in the works ...

More than 30 years after its retirement from active service, the Lockheed SR-71’s hold on our imagination is still as powerful as ever. A large, matte-black, arrowhead-shaped airplane, the SR-71 ...

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