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A Mach 3.2 SR-71 Blackbird Struck the Ground in a Near Vertical Dive and Was Totally Destroyed Upon Impact

Summary and Key Points: Harrison Kass, a national security analyst and former US Air Force pilot selectee, evaluates the 1967 crash of ASPEN 28, an SR-71 Blackbird (serial number 61-7965). During a night training sortie over Nevada, a catastrophic Inertial Navigation System (INS) platform tumble provided false attitude data, leading to an unrecoverable descending turn at Mach 2. YF-12A. A similar plane to the A-12 Oxcart and SR-71. Credit: NSJ. …

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nationalsecurityjournal.org broke the news in on Friday, February 27, 2026.
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