The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most iconic aircraft of the United States Air Forcein the Cold War, and represents the pinnacle of engineering. The aircraft was designed as a spy plane able ...

Though 32 Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbirds” were built, 11 were lost in accidents – yet not a single aircraft was shot down by the enemy. Of the surviving aircraft, one is now located at the Smithsonian ...

Sharon Caples McDougle joined the US Air Force in 1982, where she specialized in working with pressure suits for the SR-71 and U-2 missions. She fitted suits for individual pilots and suited them up ...

Sleek, black and evil in appearance, the SR-71 Blackbird was THE masterpiece of Cold War engineering. Flying faster and higher than any fighter, this stealthy reconnaissance aircraft could snoop where ...

For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books. At the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, ...