In addition to being really, really fast, the Blackbird was also the world’s first operational stealth warplane—an honorific that most historians reserve for the 1980s-vintage F-117.

The SR-71 was designed to have basic stealth characteristics and served as a precursor to future stealth aircraft. The SR-71 served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998.

Is The SR-72 Practical As a Mach 6 Stealth Bomber?: The United States is finally building a successor to the incredible SR-71 Blackbird. Lockheed Martin’s highly secretive Skunk Works is ...

The B-2 stealth bombers involved in Operation Midnight Hammer were deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

However, the Blackbird wasn’t a stealth plane by modern standards—it had a cross section of 10 square meters—which Soviet radar technology soon proved capable of detecting anyway.

Blackbird, for decades to come ... Perhaps because it was built in secret and designed to be invisible, the stealth bomber is unforgettable the moment you see it. What few remember, though, ...

The air service is developing a highly classified fleet of about 100 new stealth bombers expected to enter service in the 2020s (they’re also expected to cost more than $500 million each).

2024 Czinger 21C Blackbird First Look: Street Stealth Sold Out! Don’t expect to evade terrestrial police radar in this stealth jet-inspired special edition hypercar.

The SR-71 was designed to have basic stealth characteristics and served as a precursor to future stealth aircraft. The SR-71 served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998.