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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...