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outrun anything Russia could throw its way. The result was the Blackbird family of jets, including the operational SR-71 — an aircraft that remains the fastest operational military plane ever to take to the sky. You could make a list of 1000 amazing facts about the SR-71 without breaking a sweat — but here are three even a few aviation nerds may not have heard before: The Blackbird had over 4,000 missiles fired at it. None ever hit their target. US Air For...

SR-72 Darkstar: The Secret Spy Plane the U.S. Military Wants Back in 2013, Lockheed Martin proposed a follow-up to the SR-71. Fittingly, it was the SR-72, which has also become known as the "Son of the Blackbird," and it was suggested that the vehicle could fly by 2023 – that is unless it has already taken flight. It was over twenty years ago the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" was retired by the United States Air Force, and while surveillance satellites can provide that eye in the sky for intell...

And they are only getting better. Heres What You Need to Remember: The first operational stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor was designed to replace the F-15 Eagle. Unlike previous American stealth aircraft, including the F-117 and B-2, the F-22 was to be a fighter, using stealth to give it decisive advantage in air-to-air combat. Stealth, or the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect a weapon, has been around since the first caveman sewed a pocket into his clothing and hid a rock in...

The Fastest Plane on Earth Is Rotting in a Museum: Meet the SR-71 No other U.S. Air Force aircraft could fly faster or higher than the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird," and on its final flight, it set a truly impressive record. No other U.S. Air Force aircraft could fly faster or higher than the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird," and on its final flight, it set a truly impressive record. The reconnaissance aircraft flew from the west coast of the United States to the east coast – some 2,404 miles – in j...

Stealth is king. Heres What You Need to Remember: Stealth doesn’t just apply to aircraft—submarines have been incorporating stealthy features for decades. Among submarines, the most powerful combination of lethality and stealth is almost certainly the Ohio-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines. Stealth, or the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect a weapon, has been around since the first caveman sewed a pocket into his clothing and hid a rock in it. Thousands of...

In November 1969, the U.S. Air Force sent Russia an early Christmas gift. It was a sleek flying machine that bore an uncanny resemblance to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The American generosity was purely unintentional. The aircraft was actually a cutting-edge drone dispatched on a mission to photograph Communist Chinese nuclear sites. And the drone did what it was supposed to until it failed to turn around, and kept on going north into Siberia before crashing. If imitation is the sincerest fo...

This spy plane played a key role in many Cold War episodes. Key point: The A-12 helped fill a missing capability as Soviet air defenses were able to threatend the U-2. Here is how the CIA used the A-12. But the Blackbird’s was actually an enlarged evolution of the Lockheed A-12, designed for service with the Central Intelligence Agency. The single-seat A-12 could fly slightly faster and higher, but it was doomed to be replaced by its heavier Air Force spinoff. By the late 1950s, aviation eng...

You finally have flights coming back in to ft. lauderdale. very slowly business trying to get back to usual. its interesting how long it will take because of the power outages and gas shortages to get out there and assess the damage and get the recovery part of this started. gas prices, by the way, rising across the country because of both disruptions because of the refineries with harvey, and then irma, its $2.71, and $2.27 is what it was just last week. >> and the cost estimate for the damage ...

His record and how he is not in the mainstream and yet, she doesnt identify anything in his record. and she talks about womens rights as it relates to judge gorsuch, when the truth is, that her rights, her record as it relates to women, is unbelievable. this is a woman who -- when we find out from the free beacon that women in her senate office are paid $0.71 per dollar that men are paid. >> bill: she was impressed by that revelation by the washington free beacon. i dont know if people saw it. l...

Really want, jose, what we havent had yet are the record closes followed by a major breakout and thats really proving tricky. a number of things you know extended evaluations, lackluster revenue growth, weak economic growth last week really highlighted that and this morning home builder sentiment unexpectedly fell, not great news right in the middle of the spring selling season but before i let you go gas prices here at the start of the week, another weekly increase. the national average is now ...