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How Worlds Fastest Plane SR-71 Blackbird HABU Logo Was Conceived

How Worlds Fastest Plane SR-71 Blackbird HABU Logo Was Conceived

The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force. It was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft in the 1960s by Lockheed and its Skunk Works division. American aerospace engineer Clarence “Kelly” …

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Why F-22 Raptor Uses Rectangular Instead Of Circular Exhaust Nozzles

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Fleet Facing Engine Shortage: Report

An F-22 Raptor of the 3rd Wing taxis on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher) The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force. The prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, built most of the F-22’s …

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