Here’s What You Need to Remember: The SR-71 burned JP-7 fuel, one-of-a-kind fuel that is three times as expensive as the type used in airliners. In order to meet the specs of the aircraft, fuel-maker ...

The SR-71 Blackbird may have been one of the most secretive aircraft of all time, developed behind closed doors in Lockheed’s Skunkworks. But after some time, it was an aircraft treated like any other ...

Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...

The SR-71 is one of the U.S. Air Force's most prolific aircraft. Other than looking like a futuristic aircraft military model lovers have built for decades, it was designed and built in secret by the ...

More than 30 years after its retirement from active service, the Lockheed SR-71’s hold on our imagination is still as powerful as ever. A large, matte-black, arrowhead-shaped airplane, the SR-71 ...

Celebrated SR-71 pilot, author and Vietnam hero Brian Shul has Died. His presentations and books made him prominent, but his valor made him a hero. U.S. Air Force Major (Retired) Brian Shul, who ...