The Blackbird Fighter Was The Ultimate Interceptor

Not A Pound For Air To Ground

On the 25th of August 1966 a JQB-47 target drone was struck by a missile near Eglin Air Force Base in California. The firing aircraft was travelling at Mach 3.2 at 75,000 feet. The JQB-47 was 40 miles away at 15,000. Even so, the experimental AIM-47 scored a direct hit. Every single thing about thi