Why one third of Blackbirds were destroyed 02:51 What happened when the SR-71 lost control 05:15 The SR-71's most dangerous ...

Former Air Force pilot Brian Shul calls the super-fast SR-71 Blackbird "the most remarkable ... the National Air and Space Museum's companion facility. I asked Shul, a former Air Force fighter ...

Summary and Key Points: The idea of converting the SR-71 Blackbird into a bomber ... Additionally, the lack of space for internal ordnance and the potential impact on speed and altitude made ...

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 ...