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Story summary
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a new X-plane as the SR-71 vanished in California.
- Aviation Week editor Steve Trimble said satellite images show the jet missing since May 17, 2026.
- Tail number 844 is the last SR-71 built and the final one to fly, retired in 1999.
- NASA sources said the jet entered a hangar for inspection this year, and Isaacman hinted it could return to flight.
