Key Points and Summary: The SR-71 Blackbird’s high-speed missions were fraught with challenges, including catastrophic engine failures at Mach 3. -Crews like Colonel Richard Sheffield and his ...

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

Expensive to maintain and fly, the SR-71 was retired from the Air Force in 1990. Blackbird number 972 ... when airflow within an engine’s finely tuned inlet was disrupted, resulting in a ...

Designed to be the hypersonic successor to the iconic Blackbird, the SR-72 “Darkstar” is allegedly under development by ...

On the day the Blackbird took to the air for the first ... then the other of the SR-71’s J-58 engines. One sound I shall never forgot is that of those unmuffled Buicks holding steady at better ...

In this episode we stop and take a look at the famous SR-71 Blackbirds on display at the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks facility!

albeit with a supercharged V8 engine behind the two seats. Now, they're back with a fake special edition dubbed C9 Chevy Corvette SR-71 Blackbird. Obviously, they made the sports car as stealthy ...