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 shot ...

Blackbird SR-71 did not survive through concealing but through escape. Lockheed had constructed the Skunk Works of the SR-71 in the wake of the 1960 U-2 shootdown in the belief that, once spotted, the ...

The incredible speed machine SR-71 Blackbird is as famous for outrunning missiles and soaring to the edge of space as it was notorious for spilling fuel on the ground from its titanium skin. The ...

Summary: The SR-71 Blackbird, developed during the Cold War to surpass the limitations of the U-2 spy plane, remains an iconic figure in aviation history. Initiated by the CIA to evade Soviet ...

Have you ever wondered what it is like to fly in an incredibly fast airplane? What is the SR-71 Blackbird like? How fast do you think it could go? Find out in this STEM in 30 "Mission Debrief" with SR ...

During the early days of the Cold War, the U.S. relied on the U-2 as its reconnaissance airframe. Designed for the Central Intelligence Agency, the U-2 “Dragon Lady” was flown over the Soviet Union.

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft in the world. It is also one of the most fearsome reconnaissance aircraft, able to outrun threats from the Soviet Union at ...