Head-on view from slightly above the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, beautifully lit from the darkness of its storage building at the National Air and Space Museum, September 21, 2000. Eric Long / NASM ...

the SR-71 was retired from the Air Force in 1990. Blackbird number 972, which set four international speed records that year, now is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ...

Today, one of the YF-12 prototypes is preserved at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, serving as a testament to its ...

The Air Zoo, located in Portage ... and spacecraft to life for people of all ages." Among the museum's prized possessions is the SR-71B Blackbird, the fastest and highest flying aircraft in ...

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 ...