While this never came to fruition, an offshoot proposal to create an interceptor Blackbird variant emerged two years later. The SR-71 “I” idea came from Lockheed Martin and called for newer ...

Though the SR-71 could at times be detected by enemy radar and, in some cases, potentially targeted, the SR-71 evasion technique was to accelerate and take advantage of its enormously powerful ...

Although flight testing began at the end of 1964, the first operational flight didn’t take place until 1968 ... strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more ...

This incredible aircraft was the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. First taking to the skies in 1964, the SR-71 was built for high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance missions, meaning it was used to ...

Head-on view from slightly above the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird ... but as the Blackbird came in for its final pass, a hundred feet off the runway, and then pulled up just beyond the tower, the ...

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 ...

The SR-71 may be a ... While Lockheed has hinted that a potential Darkstar prototype could be finalized by this year, any other information surrounding the Blackbird successor remains highly ...