Time Traveling, U.S. Air Force Edition: SR-71 Blackbird Flew So Fast It Touched Down at Beale AFB Almost Day Before Taking off From Kadena AB

Time Traveling, U.S. Air Force Edition: SR-71 Blackbird Flew So Fast It Touched Down at Beale AFB Almost Day Before Taking off From Kadena AB

Summary and Key Points: Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, a defense expert and former US Army Infantry officer, recounts the legendary “time-travel” flight of SR-71 pilot David Peters. Flying from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to Beale Air Force Base in California, Peters and co-pilot Ed Bethert utilized the Blackbird’s Mach 3.32 speed and the International Date Line to land 17.5 hours before their scheduled departure time. -This National Security Journal re…