The U.S. Air Force has awarded Air Medals to four Swedish air force pilots in recognition of their decisive actions during a once-classified encounter with a crippled SR-71 Blackbird during the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

so the Viggens protected the Blackbird, escorting it out of Swedish airspace. That mission would be declassified many years later, in 2017, leading to the U.S. Air Medal for Bravery being awarded ...

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 ...