On this day in aviation history, December 22, 1964, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird made its first flight. A favorite of many ...

Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is unlike virtually any plane that came before it, and virtually no planes like it have been made since. Even though the remarkable machine's development began in the ...

Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...

The SR-71 Blackbird was the world's fastest jet. Capable of of flying as high as 85,000 feet at Mach 3.3 (2,193.2 mph), the Blackbird was used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. It ...

-Instead, it was that jet’s high costs that ultimately forced it into permanent retirement—but not before American lawmakers forced the U.S. Air Force to pull a few back into service. The SR-71’s ...

The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to loss by enemy defenses, a dozen Blackbirds were lost to accidents. On July ...

Another round of nightly closures will begin on the southbound 71 Freeway beginning on Monday, according to the Riverside County Transportation Commission. The shutdowns, which will happen each Money ...

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-71s ...

Last summer, we met and spoke with real-life superheroes whose daring performances and innovation shaped aviation history. The occasion? The Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Experience in Kalamazoo, ...

GREENBELT, Md. — NASA scientists have discovered what they believe may be the fastest-moving planetary system ever seen, right here in our galaxy! According to NASA, astronomers have discovered what ...