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The US Air Force may have a stealthy spy drone replacement for the supersonic SR-71 that's secretly been flying for 9 years
Insider reached out to Edwards Air Force Base regarding the test flight, but did not receive a response by press time. At Beale Air Force Base, also in California, the 427th Reconnaissance ...
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Air Plane Engines
At the speeds the SR-71 operated, surface temperatures were ... up to the proper rotational speed for starting. Taken at Beale Air Force Base ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird's Fuel Was So Special That the Air Force Built a New Tanker for It
Designed during the Cold War for long-range reconnaissance, the SR-71 served with both the CIA and the U.S. Air Force and operated at the bounds of technical possibilities. With a top speed of ...
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Fifty Years Later, the SR-71 Blackbird Is Still the Fastest Plane Ever Built
The SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.2 (around 2,100 miles per hour)—lightyears faster than anything the Soviet Union could throw at it.
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Meet the airline pilot who became the first Air Force reservist to qualify to fly the U-2
Beale Air Force Base, California — For the first time in Air Force history and the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, reservist Maj. Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, qualified to fly ...