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The SR-71 that made an emergency landing at Grand Forks AFB and left with a special tail art
SR-71 emergency landing at Grand Forks AFB
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft dominated the skies for nearly 24 years as the...
SR-71 pilot recalls using one Afterburner during Aerial Refueling
KC-135Q
The SR-71 would be a very short-ranged aircraft were it not for air refueling, limited to around 2,000 NM. Multiple air refuelings extended the range of the...
When a SR-71 pilot and his RSO safely landed after the right engine nacelle blew out and damaged the right-wing leading edge
Not a routine Blackbird inlet unstart
The SR-71, commonly referred to as the "Blackbird," is a sophisticated, long-range aircraft designed for strategic reconnaissance, developed from...
SR-71 pilot explains why he had to see through the Blackbird periscope after an intake unstart occurred
In a different category from anything that had come before
The legendary SR-71, which earned its nickname "Blackbird," emerged as a long-range, Mach 3+, strategic...
President Jimmy Carter let a catholic priest fly at Mach 3.52 aboard an SR-71
President Jimmy Carter
From 1977 to 1981, American politician and humanitarian James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924–December 29, 2024) served as the 39th...