Commercial planes can fly up to eight miles high, but that pales in comparison with the highest-soaring military planes, ...

The Soviet Union continued to invest heavily in the development of capable next-generation fighter and bomber aircraft ...

The legendary SR-71 Blackbird, capable of reaching Mach 3.0, set speed records and flew high-risk reconnaissance missions ...

Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird -- a smoothly contoured, supersonic aircraft -- for decades captured the imagination of youths ...

The SR-72, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, is a proposed hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft aimed to fill critical intelligence gaps in the U.S. Air Force. Expected to fly in the mid-2020s ...

From the years when it was operational to today, the SR-71 Blackbird has retained the title of the fastest aircraft ever made ...

Discover the story of the SR-71 Blackbird, an engineering marvel developed during the Cold War to replace vulnerable spy planes like the U-2. Capable of Mach 3.2 and equipped with stealth features, ...

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at ...

One of the most defining characteristics of the SR-71 was its extraordinary speed. It could fly at speeds exceeding Mach 3, which empowered the aircraft to outrun the missiles launched at it. The ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The first exhibition game under Mark Pope at Kentucky lived up to the preseason hype. On Tuesday night, the Wildcats shot 50% from long range (21-42) on the way to a 123-52 ...

When Ken Griffey Jr. shared a field with Ken Griffey Sr. on the Seattle Mariners in 1990, becoming the first father and son to play on the same team, it was historic. When Ken Jr. and Sr. hit ...