A new video posted by GE Aerospace has fueled speculation that the American firm will use its dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) engines ...

Due to the black paint, the SR-71 earned the nickname Blackbird, and when the 9th SRW was sent to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, the locals referred to the SR-71 as the Habu, after an indigenous pit ...

On the 28th of July, 1976, captain Eldon Joersz and Major George Morgan went for a high-speed attempt in the legendary Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. They managed to hit 2,193.2 mph (3,529.6 kph ...

During the Cold War, the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane could fly higher and faster than any other – and 55 years after its first flight, it still does.

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 ...

Meet SR-71 Blackbird, world’s fastest jet ever built, can fly at the height of…, its built by…, was used during… During its service, the SR-71 flew numerous high-risk missions and was ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Lieutenant Colonel Ed Yeilding ...

The SR-71 Blackbird flies at extremely high speeds and altitudes, adding Aluminum to its tires can help to prevent damage during fast landings.

The SR-71 Blackbird, created by Lockheed’s “Skunk Works” experimental division, represented the pinnacle of Cold War aircraft design. Springing from the earlier Lockheed A-12 designed in ...

The SR-71 was so quick that it remains the fastest air-fed plane ever built — even today. With a top speed of Mach 3.3, the Blackbird could outrun missiles that might try to shoot it down.

In the timeline where the U.S. Air Force and the CIA picked the Convair Kingfish over Lockheed's A-12/SR-71 program, they would've had an even crazier jet.