Though 32 Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbirds” were built, 11 were lost in accidents – yet not a single aircraft was shot down by the enemy. Of the surviving aircraft, one is now located at the Smithsonian Institution’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia (check out our original pictures below). […]
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