The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Aug. 3, 1970, issue features a NASA Flight Research Center YF-12 over the Mojave desert prior to landing at Edwards AFB, California, following an ...

Summary and Key Points: The YF-12 was a twin-seat variant of Lockheed Martin’s A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, developed as an advanced long-range interceptor to surpass the Soviet MiG-25. -Despite its ...

An aircraft unlike any other appeared suddenly on Feb. 29, 1964. President Lyndon Johnson announced the existence of the Lockheed “A-11,” a real aircraft with a purposely fake designation. The ...

SR-72 Could Soon Replace SR-71 As Fastest Plane Ever? Yes, the SR-71 Blackbird officially remains the fastest acknowledged ...