The Oxcart Story: Frank Murray flying the Lockheed A-12 for the CIA’s Operation Black Shield

CIA A-12 pilot Lt. Col. Frank Murray (USAF retired) was assigned to Area 51 during CIA A-12 Project Oxcart, and was one of six CIA pilots chosen to fly surveillance missions in the
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Brian Shul on piloting the SR-71

In this talk at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Vietnam-era attack pilot and retired Air Force major Brian Shul, author of “Sled Driver: Flying the World’s Fast
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L.A. Speed Story by SR-71 pilot Brian Shul

This is an expanded excerpt from Brian Shul’s book Sled Driver : Flying the World’s Fastest Jet. There were a lot of things we couldn’t do in an SR-71, but we wer
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The Fastest Plane in the World

New declassified video from the National Reconnaissance Office. Learn about the early history of the A-12 and SR-71 and how these two aircraft set records and served multiple missi
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Interview with SR-71 Pilot Richard Graham

USAF Col. Rich Graham, Retired talks about how he got involved in flying the SR-71 and other airplanes. Video was recorded at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Texas beside
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Flying the SR-71 Blackbird with USAF Lt. Col. Maury Rosenberg

An outstanding one-on-one interview of SR-71 pilot Lt.Col. Maury Rosenberg, USAF Retired, by Ron Carrico for the San Diego Air and Space Museum. In this one hour interview, Rosenbe
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Lockheed-Martin SR-72 Hypersonic Aircraft, Twice as fast as the Blackbird

In 1976, U.S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird crews flew from New York to London in less than two hours, reaching speeds exceeding Mach 3 and setting world records that have held up for
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Dare to Dream: An SR-71 Pilot’s Tale

This story gives a glimpse into the life of former SR-71 pilot and the world speed record holder, Al Joersz. Joersz and Skunk Works® program director Steve Justice reminisce how a
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“Big Tail” – One of a kind SR-71 Blackbird – 2004 Wings & Airpower CD

By Tony Landis, in the December 2004 edition of Wings Shortly after the first SR-71s began flying operational missions over North Vietnam, the Air Force began looking into ways of
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