The CIA's A-12 Oxcart looked nearly identical to the SR-71 Blackbird, but it had an advantage in the speed department over the Blackbird. Technically.

When you think about the fastest U.S. Air Force jet, you likely think about the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, but you would be wrong, as there was one faster.

Kelly Johnson led the Lockheed Skunk Works crew that designed and built the SR-71 Blackbird in a windowless Burbank Airport, California building.