The SR-71 Blackbird’s high-speed missions were fraught with challenges, including catastrophic engine failures at Mach 3. -Crews like Colonel Richard Sheffield and his pilot faced intense situations, ...

Designed to be the hypersonic successor to the iconic Blackbird, the SR-72 “Darkstar” is allegedly under development by Lockheed Martin’s highly secretive Skunk Works team. The Darkstar was first ...

Dane Penland / NASM, SI The two-seat cockpit of the SR-71, an aircraft designed for stealth ... when airflow within an engine’s finely tuned inlet was disrupted, resulting in a sudden, drastic ...

I thought of Ben Rich, Ray Passon, Keith Beswick, and so many others whose lives were forever touched by this aircraft ... then the other of the SR-71’s J-58 engines. One sound I shall never ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane ... Lockheed calls the SR-72 a "game changer." The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft.

NASA released video footage of the SR-71 Blackbird, the high-altitude recon aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 3. More from Military & Defense A triangle pointing right which indicates ...