Global Aircraft -- Forum (SR-71)

astronautix

Subject: SR-71

Post ID# 50

Message Number 1
Date Posted: 26 February 2003

Does anyone know if any SR-71s are still in service with the USAF or NASA, and if so, how many?

jetwhiz

Subject: SR-71

Post ID# 51

Message Number 2
Date Posted: 27 February 2003

The SR-71 was retired originally in 1990 from high operation costs, but then returned to active service 1995 and began flying missions in 1997. It was then again retired in 1998, and the last SR-71 flew in 1999. The Dryden website still says the SR-71s are still flying "High speed flight and sonic boom studies", but that conflicts with their statement on other pages. Who knows if NASA still flies them but they are surely retired from the armed forces.

~JetWhiz

ghost_lead

Subject: SR-71

Post ID# 76

Message Number 3
Date Posted: 16 November 2003, 3:39:18 AM

NASA still do fly them. They have 2 for high speed research purposes

asd_end

Subject: SR-71

Post ID# 88

Message Number 4
Date Posted: 20 December 2003, 4:43:31 AM

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aaronrb204

Subject: SR-71

Post ID# 99

Message Number 5
Date Posted: 12 February 2004, 11:55:10 AM

according to the nasa website the last flight they made of an sr71 was 10/9/99. they were given to museums in 2002. here is a link to their fact file on the sr71 http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/FactSheets/FS-030-DFRC.html

baritone89

Subject: SR-71

Post ID# 654

Message Number 6
Date Posted: 17 June 2005, 3:39:16 AM

I thought they were retired to the air force museam at wright -patterson AFb.