Size: Smaller and lighter than the SR-71. Role: Primarily designed for overflight intelligence gathering with cameras. The A-12 had a more streamlined, less bulky design compared to the SR-71.

Built during the Cold War but still looking like it's from the future, the SR-71 Blackbird was faster, flew higher, and was more secretive than anything before or since. But how was it built ...

The SR-71 has been a famous plane ever since its first flight. In 1982, ... so an actual, full-size nacelle was fitted with end plugs and air leakage was measured carefully.

During its service, the SR-71 flew numerous high-risk missions and was targeted by more than 4,000 missiles. Not a single one ever struck it.

Spencer Hall interviews former SR-71 Blackbird pilot Rick McCrary about what it's like to fly the world's fastest plane. Spoiler: It's terrifying.

When the last SR-71 Blackbird was grounded in 1998 it was a double blow. Not only did aviation lose one of the most advanced aircraft ever built, but also one of the most beautiful. Now, Lockheed ...

The SR-72 and its kin could shrink the Indo-Pacific to the size of California. Steve Weintz is a writer, filmmaker, artist, animator. Former firefighter, archaeologist, stuntman.

Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Works has finally unveiled the long-awaited successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Aviation Week and Space Technology's Guy Norris pulled the covers off the project that ...

In order to support the new AIM-120 missiles, the SR-71 I would be equipped with the AN/APG-65 radar used on the F/A-18 Hornet.” The idea was to modify seven existing Blackbird variants to be ...

This was how the legendary SR-71 was born. On May 1, 1960, as the Cold War was heating up, CIA pilot Gary Powers was shot down flying a U-2C spy plane over Soviet airspace, dropping from 70,000 ft ...

Following demonstrator flight testing, a full-scale twin-engine SR-72, about the same size as the SR-71, could achieve first flight before 2030.