During one such mission on June 29, 1987, a Blackbird flown by ... On Nov. 28, in Stockholm, the U.S. Air Force finally presented four Swedish pilots with Air Medals for their actions back in ...

and the four Swedish pilots were awarded the US Air Force’s Air Medal in 2018. While the Blackbird was certainly a rewarding ...

This week, the pilots were awarded U.S. Air Medals for bravery ... up in the book Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions. In it, a retired Swedish Air Force fighter controller mentions ...

Krister Sjöberg shadowed the Blackbird for about five minutes ... The four Swedish air force pilots received U.S. Air Medals during a ceremony held in Stockholm on Nov. 28, 2018, recognizing ...

The highlight of his military career was spent as a navigator in the illustrious SR-71 “Blackbird ... the Air Medal with two silver oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal with ...

Part of preparing for these new threats is the Air Force’s SR-72 program. Dubbed by its proponents as the “Son of Blackbird,” the Air Force’s last supersonic bird, the SR-72 is a ...

The crippled Blackbird continued to lose both speed ... each was awarded the U.S. Air Force’s Air Medal.

There has been no need for an official Blackbird replacement since then. These days, the Air Force and other government bodies rely on surveillance from spy satellites and drones that have a ...

Few planes ignite the awe-inspiring passions of aviation nerds quite like the SR-71 Blackbird ... In 2021, the Air Force awarded Hermeus a $60 million contract to develop three uncrewed concept ...