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Remembering Marta Bohn-Meyer, the only woman to fly in the SR-71 Blackbird as a crewmember

The SR-71 Blackbird The SR-71 Blackbird, a plane that could travel more than three times faster than the sound made by its own engines, was...

How two tiny dents on the SR-71 nose stopped surface-to-air missiles from hitting the Blackbird

The SR-71 Blackbird The US Air Force (USAF) created the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1960s; it was a plane that could fly at a speed...

The SR-71 pilot remembers when his Blackbird was hit by a missile fired by a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat

The MiG-25 Foxbat The USSR revealed the existence of the MiG-25 (NATO reporting name "Foxbat"), which looked to be the most lethal fighter aircraft in...

Flying the SR-71 with just one engine in full afterburner was Blackbird aircrews’ most dangerous operation

The SR-71 Blackbird The SR-71, the most sophisticated spy plane in the Blackbird family, which also included the A-12 and YF-12, was created by a...

A Blackbird buzzed Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp after protest women threw paint on that very same SR-71

RAF Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp Angered by the UK's decision to station cruise missiles, (guided nuclear missiles), a group of women planned a protest...

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An XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber doing an emergency landing

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China used the Soviet copy of the B-29 to intercept CIA B-17 and P-2 spy flights

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Soviet pilot explains why captured F-5 beat MiG-21 and MiG-23

‘Every flight ended with the same result: MiG-21 lost,...

When 12 Chinese MiGs were scrambled to intercept a lone CIA B-17 spy plane

On the night of Mar. 13, 1958, one Mig-17PF...

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