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Mach 3.5 and 80,000 Feet: The Day an SR-71 Blackbird Outran Libyan Missiles

During 1986’s Operation El Dorado Canyon, an SR-71 Blackbird flew a daring post-strike reconnaissance mission over Libya, ...
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The Air Force’s Mach 6 SR-72 ‘Son of Blackbird’ Is Real and Might Already Be Flying

The legendary SR-71 is getting a hypersonic, unmanned successor: the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird,” capable of Mach 6 speeds ...