﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:29:18 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>The SR-71 Blackbird</title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com:443/History/USAF-Operations/rss/6982</link><atom:link href="https://www.thesr71blackbird.com:443/History/USAF-Operations/rss/6982" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71 Blackbird - 1971 Mackay Trophy]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/sr-71-blackbird-1971-mackay-trophy</link><description><![CDATA[ On 26 April 1971, 61-7968, flown by majors Thomas B. Estes and Dewain C. Vick, flew over 15,000 miles (24,000 km) in 10 hours and 30 minutes. This flight was awarded the 1971 Mackay Trophy for the ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 1971 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/sr-71-blackbird-1971-mackay-trophy</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3860]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71 Middle East 'Giant Reach' Sorties]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/sr-71-middle-east-giant-reach-sorties</link><description><![CDATA[ In operation 'Giant Reach', Pilot Jim Shelton and RSO Gary Coleman in #979, departed Griffiss AFB on the first of a series of flights to the Middle East. After 11.13 hours  of flight time involving ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 1973 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/sr-71-middle-east-giant-reach-sorties</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3759]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Red Engine Light Over Israel]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/red-engine-light-over-israel</link><description><![CDATA[ Egypt and Syria opened an offensive against Israel [in late ’73] and launched a coordinated series of air, armored and artillery attacks into the Sinai and Golan Heights. The initial Israeli ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 1973 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/red-engine-light-over-israel</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3758]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Diego Garcia Operations]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/diego-garcia-operations</link><description><![CDATA[ SR-71 Operations were conducted for a short time in 1978/79 at Diego Garcia. One of the SR-71 shelters at Beale AFB was dismantled and shipped to the coral island and then reassembled for use by the ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 1980 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/diego-garcia-operations</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3757]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Mildenhall, England Det 4 Operations]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/mildenhall-england-det-4-operations</link><description><![CDATA[ SR-71 Reconnaissance Operations at RAF Mildenhall were from April 1976 to 1990. Prior to Det 4 being established, UK permission was required for each sortie flown. The SR's stay was to be no longer ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 1982 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/mildenhall-england-det-4-operations</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3755]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Libya Operation "El Dorado Canyon"]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/libya-operation-el-dorado-canyon</link><description><![CDATA[ Muammar al-Qadhafi: In the early 1980's Qadhafi had decided to increase pressure on the West through subsidizing terrorism. In 1986 Qadhafi, who was maintaining some 22 terrorist camps in Libya, ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 1986 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/USAF-Operations/libya-operation-el-dorado-canyon</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3756]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>