﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:36:35 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>The SR-71 Blackbird - SR-71A</title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com:443/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/rss/category/4254/sr-71a</link><atom:link href="https://oneconnectiondev.com:443/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/rss/category/4254/sr-71a" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17950 / #2001]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17950-2001</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17950-2001</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-600]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17951 / #2002]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17951-2002</link><description><![CDATA[ SR-71A 17951, on display at Pima Air Museum in Tucson, AZ, is the matriarch of the SR fleet. She is the oldest surviving SR-71 with only one produced before her, 17950, which was lost to a fire on ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 07:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17951-2002</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-574]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17952 / #2003]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17952-2003</link><description><![CDATA[ On 25 January 1966, SR-71A (61-7952) was scheduled for a mission to test reconnaissance systems sensor performance and evaluate use of the navigation system as a controller for integrated sensor and ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17952-2003</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-601]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17953 / #2004]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17953-2004</link><description><![CDATA[ On 18 December 1969, SR-71A (61-7953) was scheduled for a functional check flight (FCF), piloted by SR-71/F-12 Test Force director Col. Joe Rogers and his Reconnaissance Systems Operator (RSO), Maj. ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17953-2004</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-602]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17954 / #2005]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17954-2005</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17954-2005</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-603]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17955 / #2006]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17955-2006</link><description><![CDATA[   

 6 Jul 1972 SR-71A #955 flew a refueling flight envelope and "dry boom" contact checks on a boom equipped 747, USAF Pilot/RSO: Merv Evanson / Cos Mallozzi 

   

   

   

   

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 On July 27th and 28th, 1976, The United States Air Force celebrated out ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 07:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17958-2009-record-holder</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-584]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17959 / #2010]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17959-2010</link><description><![CDATA[ SR-71A S/N 61-7959, also known as "Big Tall", came off the assembly line like any other SR-71 when it was rolled out on 16 Aug 1965. But it has a unique trial modification which added 9 feet (2.7m) ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 07:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17959-2010</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-583]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17960 / #2011]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17960-2011</link><description><![CDATA[ SR-71A 17960 was the aircraft made even more famous by pilot Brian Shul. He piloted this aircraft over Libya at a speed of Mach 3.5, the fastest speed ever made public. 

 960 made her final ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 07:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17960-2011</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-578]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71A Blackbird #17961 / #2012]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17961-2012</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 07:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71a-blackbird-17961-2012</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-585]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>