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on Jun. 1, 2019 Former SR-71 pilot Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles has passed away.  Ben Douglas Bowles, 87, of Salem, was born on Jan. 14, 1932. Ben was born in Richmond and raised near Roanoke and in Detroit, MI. The family relocated to Salem, VA where he learned to fly …

The SR-71 Blackbird was a long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Missions in a Blackbird was quite lengthy so what SR-71 pilot Did in case they have to pee during flight Here what they used to do Col. Richard H. Graham’s former SR-71 driver explains how to go to the …