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America’s SR-71 Blackbird Is Faster Than Any 5th-Generation Fighter
Designed in secrecy in the 1950s, the American-made SR-71 “ Blackbird ,” perhaps shockingly, even has its F-35 Lightning II ...
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SR-71 Blackbird at Dulles Storage Facility - National Air and Space Museum
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird outside its storage hangar at Washington Dulles International Airport. Designed and built in the 1960s, the SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest jet-propelled aircraft ever ...
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SR-75 Penetrator - Secret Stealth Interceptor - MSN
Amid Cold War secrecy, the SR-75 "Penetrator" emerged as a rumored successor to the SR-71 Blackbird—an advanced mothership capable of launching a Mach 15 parasite aircraft into near-Earth orbit ...
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Lockheed SR-71 (Blackbird) model - National Air and Space Museum
A model of the Lockheed SR-71 (Blackbird) on display in the Looking at Earth gallery at the National Mall building.