The SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.2 (around 2,100 miles per hour)—lightyears faster than anything the Soviet Union could throw at ...
A Russian pilot claimed he was able to lock his missiles onto an SR-71 during one incident, and 6 Foxhounds reportedly cornered a Blackbird in another. Source: The National Interest and The ...
While an SR-71 emanating from Kadena Air Base in Japan, was going in for images of key communist targets throughout the Asian side of the Communist Bloc, MiG-25s from Vladivostok gave chase.