Using actual photographs taken by Major Brian Schul while piloting his SR-71 Blackbird over the Rocky Mountains, our energetic design is a tribute to the fastest, highest-flying plane ever built. Joining the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1966, the SR-71 performed reconnaissance missions until it retired from active service in 1990. Capable of flying 80,000 feet above the earth’s surface at 2,000 mph, the Blackbird was, and still is, an engineering marvel. On one of its final runs, the SR-71 flew from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. in 64 minutes, averaging 2145 mph. The SR-71 T-shirt features a 3-state view of the Rockies in the background. Available on Navy.