A four-part quartz glass windshield resisted both heat and distortion when the SR-71 Blackbird was flying at speeds exceeding ...
At Mach 3, friction with the atmosphere raised the SR-71’s skin temperatures to a searing 500 degrees Fahrenheit—hot enough to make the fuselage glow red.
The SR-71 Blackbird’s Mach 3 speed, altitude, and modest radar-reduction tempted some to imagine a fighter-bomber variant—outrunning interceptors, dodging SAMs, and trucking cruise missiles. In ...
Lockheed’s SR-71 was designed to be untouchable—fast, high, and hard to see. Over the Baltic, however, Sweden’s Saab JA-37 Viggen proved uniquely capable of radar-locking and visually intercepting ...
From iconic passenger jets to stealth fighters, Boeing and Lockheed have shaped the skies. But their paths diverged long ago, ...
On November 24, 1971, a man who called himself Dan Cooper (later misreported as D.B.) hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 ...
A major social and economic value point from the scale of the F-35 program is the skills growth for American workers and the ...
The Foxbat could fly at extreme speeds—but in doing so, it would risk damage to the airframe and engines, which were far less sophisticated than their American counterparts.
The 17 games that featured a go-ahead score in the final minute of regulation are the most through five weeks of a season ...
The NFL celebrates history with first-ever regular season game in Ireland; Carson Wentz throws two interceptions while being sacked six times as the Minnesota Vikings lose 24-21 to Pittsburgh Steelers ...
A 71-year-old Tucson man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after federal authorities say he planned to meet a minor for sex. Beginning in February 2023, John Stephen Baker had been ...
That approach to products appears to be something for the museums. In Israel, rightly or otherwise, there is a belief that ...