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The Russian Tu-95MC strategic bomber is the worldâs fastest turboprop aircraft. These are the Russian planes reported to have flown into US air space near California in recent news. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-usa-russia-asiapac-idUSBREA4501M20140506. Supplies, Russian Equipment.
To supersede its U-2 spy plane, Lockheed developed the top-secret, stealthy SR-71 Blackbird, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft, one of which is displayed here. The Cold War ended with the peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and relations between the former adversaries began to warm.