Portal:United States/Selected picture/19

SR-71B trainer version of the SR-71 above the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

The SR-71 Blackbird was an advanced, long range, strategic reconnaissance aircraft designed and built by the United States. It was capable of speeds in excess of Mach 3+ and was in service from 1964 to 1998. Since 1976, it has held the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft when it reached a speed of 2,193.2 MPH.