In 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the only man in history to survive an SR-71 Blackbird disintegrating around him at Mach 3.18 and 78,000 feet. He never even pulled the ejection ...

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

The Cold War icon serves on after seven decades.

Flying a Dragon Lady at an altitude of at least 70,000 feet forces pilots to perform some procedures mostly associated with ...

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience with active duty experience in the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed ...

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

SR-71 Blackbird crews were more like astronauts than fighter pilots, donning pressure suits, eating special meals, and ...

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Franklin H. McKinney disappeared after leaving China for a spy mission over Thailand in November 1944.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Boeing 777 cargo aircraft flew dangerously low, with one of its wings ...

Eleven people were killed ‌on Sunday when a skydiving plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, according to a regional official. The aircraft – which was carrying 11 people – ...