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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. A s Washington and ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Beat 4,000 Missiles (But What About the F-14 Tomcat?)
Despite these results, when the Blackbird pilots dropped the rules ... into the sunset nearly a quarter-century ago, Lockheed’s legendary SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane was so far ahead ...
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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America ... The downing of a U-2 over Soviet airspace in 1960, and the capture of pilot Francis Gary Powers, emphasized the need for a ...
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The best and baddest of U.S. stealth bombers:
LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD Role: Strategic reconnaissance aircraft Manufacturer: Lockheed, Skunk Works division Status: Retired The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a long-range, Mach 3+ strategic ...
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Here's what we know about Lockheed Martin's mysterious SR-72
In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...