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Navy F-4 pilot recalls Phantom radar going black during SR-71 intercept
The SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 spy plane, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family, which also included the A-12 and YF-12, was designed...
When Kelly Johnson received a bag with $30 million in cash to pay for the first 6 CIA U-2 spy planes
The guy has on a fedora and a trench coat with a pink carnation in the lapel. Johnson says he goes over and sits...
The ‘left afterburner technique’ and SR-71 air refueling challenges
The SR-71 needed to be refueled approximately every hour. Refueling was tricky, but Blackbird pilots were always up to the challenge
The SR-71 Blackbird would...
McNamara canceled the YF-12 to fund the F-106X, then canceled that too
Even though the USAF ordered 93 YF-12 aircraft and had an initial budget of $90 million for further testing, this was withheld by Sec....
Mountain Home AFB’s commander let an SR-71 pilot fly his Huey in exchange for a look at the top-secret Blackbird
One of the best USAF pilots
The SR-71, better known as the “Blackbird,” was a long-range, advanced strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12...