The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest aircraft ever built, was ultimately done in by the Air Force’s most notorious and intractable enemy: budget cuts.

The SR-71 Blackbird is fixed in memory as one of the most legendary aircraft to ever fly. The Cold War-era plane still holds the world’s absolute speed record. While the Blackbird’s reputation as a ...

The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America’s fastest manned aircraft—ever. While almost everyone has heard of the American-made F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II platforms, many are ...

In one of the greatest ironies of the Cold War, the U.S. had to secretly buy the titanium needed to build the Mach 3+ SR-71 ...

There are certain planes that are so special that their very name is spoken in hushed tones. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird is one such craft. Designed during the Cold War, the Blackbird was a ...

In the perennial game of aeronautical anatomy-waving contests, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird wins every time. All the world's achievements in aviation in the last 120 years don't hit home in most ...

The SR-71 is one of the U.S. Air Force's most prolific aircraft. Other than looking like a futuristic aircraft military model lovers have built for decades, it was designed and built in secret by the ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft in the world. It is also one of the most fearsome reconnaissance aircraft, able to outrun threats from the Soviet Union at ...

Nearly two decades after the famed Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird spyplane was retired, its developer, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, has revealed exclusively to Aviation Week that it is ready to begin ...