SR-71 Blackbird

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United States military aircraft high-altitude aircraft jet aircraft military aircraft reconnaissance aircraft supersonic aircraft

The SR-71 Blackbird is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works and renowned as one of the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever built.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird	17
SR-71 Blackbird canonical	2
Lockheed Blackbird program	1
Lockheed SR-71	1
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (in some strategic roles)	1
SR-71	1
SR-71 Blackbird operations from Kadena	1
SR-71 program	1
USAF SR-71 program	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military aircraft ⓘ high-altitude aircraft ⓘ jet aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ supersonic aircraft ⓘ
airframeMaterial	titanium alloy ⓘ
alliance	NATO reconnaissance support ⓘ
armament	none ⓘ
callsignConvention	"Habu" in Okinawa operations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	2 ⓘ
crewPositions	pilot ⓘ reconnaissance systems officer ⓘ
defense	speed and altitude ⓘ
derivedFrom	Lockheed A-12 ⓘ
designer	Clarence "Kelly" Johnson ⓘ
developer	Lockheed Skunk Works ⓘ
emptyWeight	approximately 67000 lb ⓘ
engineType	Pratt & Whitney J58 ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1964-12-22 ⓘ
fuelType	JP-7 ⓘ
height	approximately 5.6 m ⓘ
introduced	1966 ⓘ
length	approximately 32.7 m ⓘ
manufacturer	Lockheed Martin ⓘ surface form: Lockheed Corporation
maximumSpeed	over 3 times the speed of sound ⓘ
maximumSpeedMach	3.2 ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight	approximately 170000 lb ⓘ
museumDisplay	National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum National Museum of the United States Air Force ⓘ surface form: USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB
NASADesignation	YF-12C ⓘ
notableFeature	area-ruled fuselage ⓘ canted twin vertical stabilizers ⓘ chines along fuselage ⓘ in-flight refueling capability ⓘ radar cross-section reduction measures ⓘ special high-temperature fuel system ⓘ
numberBuilt	32 ⓘ
numberOfEngines	2 ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
primaryUser	United States Air Force ⓘ
programOrigin	Lockheed A-12 program ⓘ
propulsion	afterburning turbojet ⓘ
range	over 3000 nautical miles ⓘ
record	one of the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever built ⓘ set multiple speed and altitude records ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF	1990 ⓘ 1998 ⓘ
role	intelligence gathering ⓘ strategic reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceCeiling	above 80000 ft ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successor	satellite reconnaissance systems ⓘ
tailConfiguration	twin tail ⓘ
usedInConflict	Cold War reconnaissance missions ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
wingConfiguration	delta wing ⓘ
wingspan	approximately 16.9 m ⓘ