The National Interest on MSN
The SR-71 Blackbird Can’t Run on Jet Fuel. Here’s What It Uses Instead.
Ordinary jet fuel would boil and combust inside the Blackbird’s fuel tanks—meaning the aircraft must use a special fuel blend ...
The fallout of shuttering Skunk Works' unique factory.
National Security Journal on MSN
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird suffered an engine unstart at Mach 3 over Russia — it almost crashed into the Barents Sea
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird operating at 83,000 feet and Mach 3 over the Soviet Union suffered a sudden engine unstart that ...
National Security Journal on MSN
The SR-71 Blackbird’s Pratt & Whitney J58 engines suffered an ‘unstart’ at 83,000 feet — and the aircraft began falling sideways
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird flying at 83,000 feet over the Soviet Kola Peninsula lost both Pratt & Whitney J58 engines ...
The SR-71 Blackbird's titanium skin was a masterpiece of thermal engineering, designed to survive conditions that would melt ...
Most civilian planes do not need to regularly fly at the highest altitude they physically can—but this is sometimes the case ...
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A Secret CIA Spy Plane Crashed Near Area 51. It Was Hidden for Decades—Then One Explorer Found It.
For 42 years, the legend grew—but no one could pinpoint the exact spot where the high-speed A-12 Oxcart came down.
Veterans fighting the muscle disease known as IBM say they want the U.S. government to recognize their condition as ...
FLYING Magazine on MSN
General Aviation Rides Momentum Into 2026
Market survey shows strong sales and backlog, but tariffs and supply chain issues persist.
The Aviationist on MSN
RAF Lakenheath Unveils Special Color F-15E for Operation El Dorado Canyon's 40th Anniversary
On occasion of Operation El Dorado Canyon's 40th anniversary, the 48th Fighter Wing unveiled a special color F-15E Strike ...
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