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The Story of USAF SR-71 Blackbird inflight emergency while on a secret mission over the Golan Heights

The Story of USAF SR-71 Blackbird inflight emergency while on a secret mission over the Golan Heights

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. The following account of one mission during the Yom Kippur War is told by SR-71 pilot Jim Wilson and it …

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The story of SR-71 Blackbird Pilots who set three absolute world aviation records

The story of SR-71 Blackbird Pilots who set three absolute world aviation records

The keeping of aviation records goes back to October 1905 when representatives from eight countries, including the U.S., met in Paris to form the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, or FAI. The FAI later became the world governing body for official aircraft—and later, spacecraft—records and to supervise sport aviation competitions. The National …

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That time an Iraqi Air Force MiG-25s claimed to have shot down a USAF F-15 fighter jet during operation Desert Storm

That time an Iraqi Air Force MiG-25s claimed to have shot down a USAF F-15 fighter jet during operation Desert Storm

Operation Samurra was an operation by the Iraqi Air Force during the Gulf War to decisively engage USAF F-15Cs utilizing MiG-25 jets, and break the “wall” of F-15s that the Coalition had established along Iraq’s border with Iran It demonstrated the last true offensive operation of the Iraqi Air Force …

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The story of a lucky SR-71 pilot who survived Blackbird disintegration at a speed of Mach 3.2

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. The iconic Lockheed SR-71 required aircrews to wear a special silver pressure suit to ensure their safety. This proved to …

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