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NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why
Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I’d love to know what NASA has planned for it.
nypost.com/2026/09/29/us-news/us-quietly-sr-71-blackbird-out-of-retirement-and-wont-say-why/Replying to @Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
The SR-71 is the fastest production plane ever made that we know of. If one is being brought out of retirement, my first inclination would be to think it’s because something bad happened and they ran out of “Auroras” or whatever even faster black project jet they replaced it with.
Replying to @grue@lemmy.world
There is no tactical reason to do this. We have satellites covering every inch, and bigger bombers if we want to destroy a target. This is a photo op because the plane looks cool