Crews like Colonel Richard Sheffield and his pilot faced intense situations ... danger with ingenuity and bravery. The SR-71 Blackbird is a fantastic aircraft. It was designed and built by ...

Unstarts could be violent enough to slam a pilot’s helmet ... Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than ...

NASA released video footage of the SR-71 Blackbird, the high-altitude recon aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 3. More from Military & Defense A triangle pointing right which indicates ...

The Blackbird was America’s first stealthy aircraft. The SR-71 was ... Shul was the first pilot to write a book about flying the SR-71. This story comes from his book Sled Driver: Flying the ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane ... The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft. Lockheed claims it will reach speeds topping ...