SR-71 Blackbird
TypeReconnaissance aircraft
OriginUSA
Era1966
UsersLockheed
About SR-71 Blackbird
The fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever, capable of Mach 3.3. Flew so high and fast that missiles could not catch it. When a surface-to-air missile was detected, the standard evasion was simply to accelerate. Made from titanium, 85% of which was secretly purchased from the Soviet Union.