As former SR-71 pilot Dave Peters would later recall, the speed gate (a filter set to narrow down radar returns to only legitimate threats) had been set to 1,500 miles per hour. “We were ...

The SR-71 Blackbird remains one of the most impressive aircraft ever built, capable of flying at Mach 3.2 and reaching altitudes of 85,000 feet. This video explores the cutting-edge engineering ...

A pilot and a recon officer would take detailed photos of hundreds of thousands of miles of terrain as stealthily as they could. The incredible speed of the SR-71, as much as 2,200 mph ...