Long before the iconic SR-71 Blackbird captured imaginations with its unmatched speed and stealth, the XB-70 Valkyrie was ...

The Blackbird’s stealth qualities took shape ... And why the Air Force’s current B-2 stealth bombers usually attack their targets in concert with other warplanes, cruise missiles, and plenty ...

However, the Blackbird wasn’t a stealth plane by modern standards ... and later considered a high speed bomber, the B-71 (coming numerically after the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber that never entered ...

LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD Role: Strategic reconnaissance ... The SR-71 was designed to have basic stealth characteristics and served as a precursor to future stealth aircraft.

This makes the SR-71 Blackbird the world’s fastest and ... It’s a sixth-generation stealth bomber made to travel long distances and features precision-guided drop bombs, conventional drop ...

The SR-72 can fly from New York to Los Angeles in 30 minutes. It is much faster than the Blackbird’s speed of Mach 3.56 (2,731.478 mph), although some Blackbird pilots claim it could fly faster ...

suggesting that investment might be better directed toward hypersonic aircraft like the proposed SR-72 “Son of Blackbird.” B-21 Raider: Is America’s New Stealth Bomber Worth the Cost?

It remains to be seen whether this aircraft will be part of the U.S. Air Force’s new long-range stealth bomber program or any other stealth strike aircraft the United States is fielding.

Air Force leaders gave an update on the B-21 Raider, a futuristic aircraft that is expected to become the United States' next nuclear stealth bomber. The aircraft can deliver both "conventional ...

Like the track-oriented base Czinger 21C and the aero-slick Vmax version, the Blackbird shares the fighter jet's frontal-area-minimizing two-person inline seating and adds high-downforce ...