The SR-71 was operational from 1968 through 1990 and flew for the last time in 1999. (Below) Audiences gathered inside the main museum hangar to hear retired Blackbird pilots exchange stories about their times in the cockpit of the world’s fastest aircraft. (From left to right) Col. Buz Carpenter, USAF Retired, Col. Ken Collins, USAF Retired, B.C. Thomas, Test Pilot and Randy Wolfgang, (U.S. Air Force photos by TSgt Joe Davidson)
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