SR-71 "Blackbird"
The
Lockheed SR-71 is an advanced, long-range,
Mach 3 strategic
reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed
YF-12A and
A-12 aircraft by the
Lockheed Skunk Works. The SR-71 was unofficially named the
Blackbird, and called the
Habu by its crews.
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the design's advanced concepts. A defensive feature of the aircraft was its high speed and operating altitude, whereby, if a
surface-to-air missile launch were detected, standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. The SR-71 line was in service from 1964 to 1998, with 12 of the 32 aircraft being destroyed in accidents, though none were lost to enemy action.
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