Few planes have been able to transform a calendar into a punch line, but the SR-71 could: one former pilot said that on landing in California on a Friday he was in time to make to the happy hour after ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In 1990, the SR-71 was retired for the first time. Although turbulent events during the 1990s helped to bring it out of retirement for a short period of time, the ...

The iconic SR-71 Blackbird served for more than three decades in the U.S. Air Force. First flying in 1964, the spy plane saw deployment all over the world, but its most important mission consisted of ...