The prototypes, however, lived on in NASA’s facilities, where they were used for flight research into aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, noise tests, and controls. While the SR-71 Blackbird ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) initially retired its SR-71 fleet in 1989, but later recalled it around 1993 amid growing tensions in North Korea and the Middle East. The USAF and NASA ...

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 NASA released video footage of the SR-71 ...

On the cover of Aviation Week’s Jan. 20, 1990, issue, a U.S. Air Force/Lockheed SR-71 flies over Lake Almanor ... with three aircraft slated to go to NASA for flyable storage.

The SR-71 was so fast that when fired upon with a surface ... Operated by both the U.S. Air Force and NASA, the X-15 is the fastest aircraft ever flown. Even today, nearly sixty years after ...