SR-71 Blackbird

The SR-71 Blackbird is an advanced, long range, strategic reconnaissance aircraft that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops' campaign and multiplayer as a killstreak. It is unconfirmed if it it lasts the whole round, or for a limited amount of time.

Campaign
The SR-71 Blackbird was first seen in the Call of Duty: Black Ops teaser trailer. Later, it was revealed in a hands on demo that the Blackbird will appear in the campaign level "WMD". In the cockpit of the Blackbird "Big Eye 6", the playable character Thomas will be prompted to activate the jet's engines, and then pull back on the stick during take-off. Players will then use the SR-71's reconnaissance equipment to guide a squad of four friendly soldiers past enemy patrols in the Ural Mountains. Once this is accomplished, players will then take control of Hudson on the ground hiding from the patrols. Once they go away, the mission continues.

Operators

 * Thomas

Trivia

 * The monitor in the SR-71 shown in Call of Duty: Black Ops uses a kind of thermal vision for spotting combatants.
 * There are squares surrounding the allies which is similar to squares surrounding the enemies in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. This is to possibly know where the allies are, as it is more important, as the Blackbird is there to guide them.
 * Major Thomas is so far the only confirmed character to use the SR-71 Blackbird in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
 * The avatar pilot suit which is given to those who pre-ordered the game when it is released would be the same in the Blackbird