Featured in blackbirdBYBlake StilwellMay 30, 2023ShareWhy the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designationThere are an unending number of interesting facts about the SR-71 Blackbird, probably the coolest aircraft ever produced by any Air Force. BYBlake StilwellMay 30, 2023ShareBYEric MilzarskiDec 7, 2022ShareThis is one of the greatest aviation power moves in military historyPissing contests are nothing new to the military. Anything that can be measured or scored will inevitably be used by a troop to try and one-up another. And when we know we have something over someone, we won’t let them forget it. Within the a… BYEric MilzarskiDec 7, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellJan 17, 2023ShareThese 4 aircraft were the ancestors of the powerful SR-71 BlackbirdThe SR-71 Blackbird is the arguably the most popular and easily recognizable airframe ever used by the U.S. Air Force. It maintains the speed record it set back in 1976 (even with a broken engine). The Blackbird’s missile evasion technique is legen… BYBlake StilwellJan 17, 2023ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonOct 26, 2022ShareCould the SR-71 Blackbird have been a fighter plane?The SR-71 Blackbird is an awesome plane. But did you know that it could have been even more awesome than it was? The Air Force was planning to make a fighter version of the plane. BYHarold C. HutchisonOct 26, 2022ShareBYSOFREPApr 29, 2020ShareStill the champ: 3 things you should know about the SR-71 BlackbirdBefore the advent of stealth aircraft, the U.S. military had a very different approach on how to operate its planes in contested airspace. That approach could be summarized in two words: BYSOFREPApr 29, 2020Share
BYBlake StilwellMay 30, 2023ShareWhy the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designationThere are an unending number of interesting facts about the SR-71 Blackbird, probably the coolest aircraft ever produced by any Air Force. BYBlake StilwellMay 30, 2023Share
BYEric MilzarskiDec 7, 2022ShareThis is one of the greatest aviation power moves in military historyPissing contests are nothing new to the military. Anything that can be measured or scored will inevitably be used by a troop to try and one-up another. And when we know we have something over someone, we won’t let them forget it. Within the a… BYEric MilzarskiDec 7, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellJan 17, 2023ShareThese 4 aircraft were the ancestors of the powerful SR-71 BlackbirdThe SR-71 Blackbird is the arguably the most popular and easily recognizable airframe ever used by the U.S. Air Force. It maintains the speed record it set back in 1976 (even with a broken engine). The Blackbird’s missile evasion technique is legen… BYBlake StilwellJan 17, 2023Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonOct 26, 2022ShareCould the SR-71 Blackbird have been a fighter plane?The SR-71 Blackbird is an awesome plane. But did you know that it could have been even more awesome than it was? The Air Force was planning to make a fighter version of the plane. BYHarold C. HutchisonOct 26, 2022Share
BYSOFREPApr 29, 2020ShareStill the champ: 3 things you should know about the SR-71 BlackbirdBefore the advent of stealth aircraft, the U.S. military had a very different approach on how to operate its planes in contested airspace. That approach could be summarized in two words: BYSOFREPApr 29, 2020Share
