The SR-71 Blackbird’s high-speed missions were fraught with challenges, including catastrophic engine failures at Mach 3.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, known by its NATO reporting name “Foxbat,” is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Cold War ...

Head-on view from slightly above the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, beautifully lit from ... Johnson had been behind the design of the Constellation too. As I stood there waiting for the SR-71 ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, a now-retired twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft, has an inlet design based on a cone-shaped body, or spike, that generates an oblique-angled, cone-shaped shock wave at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for a hypersonic superjet dubbed "Son of Blackbird" that could soon become the world's fastest aircraft. Building on the legacy of the SR-71 Blackbird ...