How F-14 and F-15 pilots trained to take down the SR-71

Throughout its three decades of service, the Blackbird famously had over 4,000 missiles of all sorts fired at it, and managed to outrun every single one. But no aircraft is invincible and the Blackbird was no exception.

With looming concerns about high-speed Soviet fighters closing the capability gap, the Air Force decided to pit its Mach 3+ Blackbird against America’s own best fighters, both of which have also become legends in their own right: the U.S. Navy’s Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the U.S. Air Force’s McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.

But even for these incredible airborne predators, the Habu was no easy meal.

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Colonel Richard H. Graham's books:
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-SR-71-Blackbird-Breakthrough/dp/0760348499
https://www.amazon.com/SR-71-Revealed-Richard-H-Graham/dp/0760301220

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