The B-71 Plan: Why the SR-71 Wasn't Converted into a Bomber The B-71 Plan Failed: The SR-71 Blackbird was never hit or damaged by enemy fire. It eluded an estimated 4,000 surface-to-air missiles ...

The legacy of the US military developing some of the world's most iconic and successful surveillance aircraft looks set to ...

Rumors and speculation of clandestine military projects have been around for decades, and the Aurora spy plane is among one ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! You could argue it's both. The SR-71 is an American supersonic Cold-War-era jet that was also called the Blackbird. It earned this name from its special matte-black ...

When the Soviet Union tore down the Berlin Wall, it was considered the end of the Cold War. That war, which lasted a ...

The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three ... The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft. Lockheed claims it will reach speeds topping Mach 6 — over 4,500 mph — and they also ...

A supersonic surveillance bird that looked more like the jet from X-Men than a military plane, the SR-71 broke just about ... it outran whatever jets or anti-aircraft weapons were scrambled ...

Beale AFB is home to the legendary U-2 spy planes as well as the Global Hawk and possibly secretive US spy aircraft.

This need gave rise to the SR-71 "Blackbird," one of the most innovative planes ever built. With a top speed of 2,200 mph, it remains the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines ever ...

The Quarterhorse Mk 1 prototype developed by Hermeus completed a 21-day taxi test run at the Edwards Air Force Base in ...