Ben Rich - Selected Aircraft

Selected Aircraft

  • F-104 Starfighter. Single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft.
  • XF-90. Experimental fighter / bomber escort aircraft.
  • U-2 "Dragon Lady". Reconnaissance aircraft. A high altitude jet aircraft used by the CIA and the US Air Force during the cold war.
  • SR-71 "Blackbird". An advanced, long-range, Mach 3.2 strategic reconnaissance aircraft. The Blackbird was designed to provide reconnaissance in defended airspace while improving aircrew survivability. In the Blackbird, mission success and survivability depended on aircraft speed. Ben Rich was responsible for engineering the spikes and engine inlet systems which made the Blackbirds the fastest jet aircraft in the world.
  • F-117 Nighthawk. World's first production stealth aircraft.
  • YF-22, prototype of the F-22 Raptor.

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