National Security Journal on MSN
‘We would blow up’: An SR-71 Blackbird suffered catastrophic engine failure at Mach 2.88 and 68,000 feet over Oklahoma
An SR-71 Blackbird suffered catastrophic right engine failure at approximately Mach 2.88 and 68,000 feet over Oklahoma in ...
The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to loss by enemy defenses, a dozen Blackbirds were lost to accidents. On July ...
The National Interest on MSN
The SR-71 Blackbird can't run on jet fuel. Here's what it uses instead.
Ordinary jet fuel would boil and combust inside the Blackbird’s fuel tanks—meaning the aircraft must use a special fuel blend that is nearly impossible to light by accident.
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