“Faster than a speeding bullet” may bring to mind a certain superhero from the planet Krypton, but it was literally true of the SR-71 Blackbird, the sleek, stealthy Air Force spy plane taken ...

Mustard SR-71 Blackbird: The Spy Plane So Fast, Nothing Could Catch It Posted: April 14, 2025 | Last updated: April 14, 2025 Built to outrun missiles and MiGs, the SR-71 Blackbird flew faster ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

What You Need to Know: The YF-12 was a high-speed interceptor developed from the A-12, the predecessor of the SR-71 Blackbird ... but much slower, U-2 spy plane, the U.S. Air Force was also ...