INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for a hypersonic superjet dubbed “Son of Blackbird” that could soon become the world’s fastest aircraft. Building on the legacy of the SR-71 ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is easily one of the world's most iconic aircraft. They first took to the skies in the 1960s, and by the turn of the century, they were retired. Nowadays, you can only find SR ...

too high and too fast to be shot down by an enemy fighter or a surface-to-air missile. Expensive to maintain and fly, the SR-71 was retired from the Air Force in 1990. Blackbird number 972 ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-71 Blackbird, known for being the fastest crewed jet in history ... when the Blackbird pilots dropped the rules, no fighter could match the SR-71’s Mach 3+ speeds ...

When the SR-71 was decommissioned, the fuel tanks at Beale Air Force Base that held its JP-7 jet fuel were unusable for any other purpose and were demolished. The Blackbird was America’s first ...

Boeing unveiled a conceptual model for a hypersonic jet that would replace the SR-71 Blackbird. The jet would hit speeds of more than Mach 5 No one has committed to building it yet. Boeing ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane ... Lockheed calls the SR-72 a "game changer." The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft.