“Faster than a speeding bullet” may bring to mind a certain superhero from the planet Krypton, but it was literally true of the SR-71 Blackbird, the sleek, stealthy Air Force spy plane taken ...

The SR-71 “Blackbird” broke the world’s record for sustained altitude in horizontal flight in 1976 when it flew at Mach 3.3 (times the speed of sound). As of 2025, no fighter or proposed ...

A Blackbird takes off from Beale AFB. The SR-71 was the last major aircraft designed ... At 10,000 feet, if it’s obvious the plane is going to crash, the RSO is supposed to eject.

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 ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

selling nearly 700,000 units after an unidentified aircraft crash fueled rumors. The F-19 was purely a product of guesswork, loosely based on the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, and has since become a ...