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NASA F-18 AIRPLANE - Glenn Research Center History

General Aviation Experimental (GAX), NASA history collection

A crew chief assigned to the Blue Angels, signals to start the engines of an F/A-18A Hornet for a daily preventative maintenance check.

A hand-sketched illustration by Artist: Michael J. Machat. Artwork:"Kitten and the Bears". US Air Force Art Collection

A Super Etendard aircraft of the Argentine navy approaches the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The plane is taking part in touch-and-go landings aboard the Lincoln during the vessel's circumnavigation of South America

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs a series of aerial

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs a series of aerial

An air-to-air left side view of a flight of four F-5 Talon fighters flying in a finger-tip formation over Monument Valley. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Artist concept of a short-field, high fuel-efficiency aircraft in flight

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Air to air view right side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view right side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view right side, high, view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view right side, high, view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view right side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, as it banks left flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over cloud cover, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Haggerty

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The SR-71 carried many nicknames like the "Habu," "SR," "Lady in Black," and "Sled;" but most of us know the SR-71 as the "Blackbird." The SR-71 was developed as a long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at speeds over Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet. The first SR-71 to enter service was delivered in 1966 and retired in 1990. The USAF kept a few SR-71s in operation up until 1998, after a few were brought back to service in 1995. NASA's also flew the SR-71 from 1991 until its final flight in October 1999.

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01/01/1990
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Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird"

Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12.
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label_outline Explore Blackbird Reconnaissance Aircraft, Tsgt Michael Haggerty, Strategic Reconnaissance

Pilot MAJ Bob Aboe and co-pilot 1LT John Burda of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prepare for a flight in an EC-135C Stratolifter advanced airborne command post aircraft (AABNCP).

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

Egypt. Thebes to southern border of Egypt. Air view. Assuan, showing corner of the great dam

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array Warning System, End of Spencer Paul Road, north of Warren Shingle Road (14th Street), Marysville, Yuba County, CA

An air-to-air front view of an SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft known as the "Blackbird."

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II aircrew assigned

SSGT Steve Rasmussen, left, and TSGT Chuck Christie, both electronic maintenance technicians with the 6949th Electronic Security Squadron, monitor equipment at a systems maintenance station aboard a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

An air-to-air front view of an F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom II aircraft from the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing. The aircraft is armed with four AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) missiles

Airmen assist pilots aboard an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

Artwork: "SR-71" Artist: Hazel Olson

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air view side view strategic reconnaissance strategic reconnaissance sr blackbird aircraft blackbird reconnaissance aircraft cloud mission beale beale air force base california air force sr 71 blackbird technical sergeant high resolution tsgt michael haggerty exact date air force base air to air view military aircraft jet aircraft public domain aircraft photos us national archives