On March 8, 1968, an SR-71 Blackbird, piloted by Lt. Col. Buddy Brown and RSO Maj. Dave Jensen, performed a remarkable flight ...

Activated in 1968, the first operational SR-71 unit was at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Locals named the recon birds Habu, a name that attached itself to Blackbird pilots. Throughout the war ...