The SR-71 was retired during the 'peace dividend' following the end of the Cold War and the emergence satellites and advanced ...
The A-12 existed because advances in missile technology had made the U-2 Dragon Lady vulnerable. Pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, highlighting the platform’s ...
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 ...
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. As Washington and Beijing race to produce the world’s first-ever sixth-generation aircraft, new ...
The actual SR-71 Blackbird holds a speed record of Mach 3.3, set in 1976, that no aircraft has managed to surpass in the decades since. The RC version ...
The SR-71 is one of the U.S. Air Force's most prolific aircraft. Other than looking like a futuristic aircraft military model lovers have built for decades, it was designed and built in secret by the ...