EdwardsSR-71 Tail 844 has been missing from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center since at least May.
NASA has talked to former SR-71 staff about flying it again after 27 dormant years.
Satellite imagery of Armstrong shows it gone, after NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman teased an X-plane with a Blackbird-like silhouette.
NASA has not said what it plans for 844 or the X-plane.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- exclusive interview with former NASA lead propulsion engineer on restoration requirements and proposed X-plane test role
Sources: The War Zone