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The CIA spy drone that destroyed itself after every mission

During the Cold War, the CIA wanted a reconnaissance aircraft that could match the incredible speed of the A-12 Blackbird ...

US Pilots Were Flying Over The Soviet Union – Then Hit A Free-Fall At 83,000 Feet

What happens when the world's fastest spy plane loses power at 83,000 feet? Discover the classified Cold War rescue mission ...

What SR-71 ground crews had to do after every landing that took hours to complete

The high price of flying America's fastest jet.

What U-2 Dragon Lady Pilots Had To Do Before Missions That Most Other Pilots In History Have Never Done

Flying a Dragon Lady at an altitude of at least 70,000 feet forces pilots to perform some procedures mostly associated with ...
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Blackbird Beginnings: The A-12 Oxcart Story

The well-known SR-71 owes its roots to a more obscure predecessor, the A-12 developed by the famous Lockheed ‘Skunk Works’ as ...