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SR-71 Facts: 29 Details That Might Surprise You

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From the East Coast, to the Middle East & Back

SR-71 Facts
U.S. Air Force

During the Arab-Israeli War, SR-71s flew missions from bases on the East Coast to the Middle East and back. These missions required the pilots to come down to about 25,000 feet of altitude in order to receive refuel every two hours or so. Col. Jim Wilson, a former Blackbird pilot, writes in his self-biography titled “SR-71 Mission to the Middle East” that sixteen Spain-based KC-135 Stratotankers were required to refuel the SR-71 across five refuels.