Russian Su-27 fighter jets attempt to intimidate a USAF SR-71 Blackbird.

Russian Su-27 fighter jets attempt to intimidate a USAF SR-71 Blackbird, sometime during the Cold War era.
#sr71 #blackbird #russia #usa #coldwar #su27 #sukhoi #soviet #mig #usaf
Created with DCS

[@pmarston7586]

What’s really crazy is that the SR 71 is 60 years old and still an impressive machine!

[@erikalexander414]

Cool video but, were su27s around when the SR-71 was in service? And I thought sr71s were decommissioned and relegated to "on display" only. Sr71 would have gotten ghost long before any threat got close enough to even smell it's vapor trail.

[@Hotsparks66]

Much less being designed without the benefits of computer design.

[@davidgerlach1132]

My grandmother's 91 and she rocks!

[@caiuspostumiusturrinus1024]

​@@erikalexander414 not all of them

[@hank8499]

As mentioned above the sr-71 has not been in use for decades. I saw one in the Evergreen aviation museum in Oregon. It made it from Ca to the east coast in 14minutes!!!!! So not way some regular fighter jet can keep up.

[@dennissvitak5475]

No. As a US Air Force aviation meteorologist, I conducted MANY DD Form 175-1 Flight Weather Briefings to SR-71 aircrew. Part of that were winds and flight hazards at altitude. They ROUTINELY flew at FL850...and ain't no plane going to get anywhere near them.

[@GetsumJ]

544th SIC/SIW - Strategic Air Command - Offutt AFB 1946 CS/ Tempelhof C/S 7350th CS/ Tempelhof C/S 7455th Tactical Intelligence Wing- Ramstein Air Base, Germany Agree, 100%

[@GrantOakes]

Unless it was just before or after refueling. But realistically, those operations would take place over friendly territory.

[@dennissvitak5475]

@@GrantOakes - Any plane penetrating Russian airspace has very long legs. The could easily be topped off within site of northern Alaska or Canada.

[@donkloos9078]

And who was filming that?!!

[@r.j.m4245]

​@@donkloos9078 perhaps someone in a B2

[@markyrogers2466]

SR71 would never let them get that close in the first place

[@TheSiriusEnigma]

Correct. The SR-71 is unarmed. It would never fly visual sub-sonic with hostiles.

[@chaosopher23]

Not sure what to make of it, but that's pretty much what a 71 can do. As for who is really flying those 27's? I don't think they were real hostiles. It's a show-off video, probably meant as propaganda directed at Russian intelligence. Nothing like telling the truth about our equipment vs their fighters. "Catch me if you can!"

[@TheWallReports]

Of course this is a hoax. Who's the camera man filming this?

[@TheSiriusEnigma]

@@chaosopher23 the counter to the SR-71 is the Mig-25 Foxbat. Can it do the job? Who knows? The US never let the SR-71 anywhere near a Mig-25.

[@camus25555]

@@TheWallReports DCS camera or is it mfs2020 filming this.

[@Ezewright]

Retried in 1999. No way modern Russian fighter has even seen one, much less keep up.

[@iceman_fox1]

Su-27 was first flown in 1984. The SR-71 Blackbird's last flight was 1999.

@@iceman_fox1 they were built to combat the SR-71. Yet nobody knew how fast or how high the SR-71 could fly. The Russians lost before they started.

[@Stein871]

You lost ~10000 airframes in vietnam, let's not talk about plane and helicopter losses

@@Stein871 because SR-71 flew combat mission over Vietnam? I might be wrong but they were Recon/Photo takers? No SR-71 was lost from enemy attempts. Name another plane that can say that?

@@Stein871 may I ask what advanced aircraft has your country produced?

[@VeryCoolCat]

I wonder how many think this is real and not from a game.

[@RandomPerson8492]

Apparently the "Director of the Department of Information and Press at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" does, so there's that

[@zangzang1268]

@@RandomPerson8492 And the director of computer generated bullschitt...

[@tomcampbell6384]

And where exactly is the camera recording this??? This AI stuff is getting too scary and close to the real thing...

[@zangzang1268]

@@tomcampbell6384 All that's new here is graphics processing - mainstream media has been propagating lies and misinformation for decades.....to the point the average person isn't even aware of it.

[@Intarsia82]

I never know what to believe anymore when watching these videos

[@rickchilders4256]

That never happened, no way they would get that close, the sr-71 would just kick in the juice and say by by.

[@Hawken54]

A lot of these videos are AI generated. Look almost real.

[@3wire42]

My thought. I can’t see a Blackbird pilot letting anybody crowd him

[@frankdillon6127]

@@Hawken54 ai is getting scary good, cant believe your eyes anymore.

[@am5p8]

It was done with DCS. It's a computer game.

[@imobend]

its a game

[@Charles-rt2de]

Looks fairly realistic for a CG game.

[@stephen4763]

Must be AI. Three Russian jets in the air ….. at the same time? 😳

[@henkbangma3015]

Four. You have to count in the guy that is filming. Picture quality is also pretty good for the Cold War period?

[@SwapBlogRU]

Russia has plenty of fighter jets. I live next to an airforce base near Moscow, they fly over our heads all the time and there are loads of them.

[@dhyde9207]

Must have been pretty excited to see an SR-71 since they put up their whole inventory.

[@randybird9979]

@@dhyde9207 yeah, like, ah, how many years, ah, ago did this take place

[@thebrotacogamer2944]

This was made in DCS, Digital Combat Simulator. Look it up. Essentially what it sounds like. The lighting gives it away on the surfaces of jets, let alone the sky. This video was made for entertainment purposes.

[@ThatGuy182545]

SR-71: “Nice ta meetcha!” *Hits afterburner*

[@vonhalberstadt3590]

I believe the SR-71 engine design is on afterburner during their normal cruise speed. If a real video, this whole scene would have been over neutral territory, not over Soviet airspace.

[@imobend]

its a game

[@concordegaming5037]

@@vonhalberstadt3590it’s in a game

[@666BIGBLOCK]

The only one intimidated was the Russian Jets when the Blackbird hit the afterburners.

[@carlosbanosoliva4226]

Did you notice that video is from a game, didnt you? SU-27 doesn´t have to be faster than SR-71. Its air-to-air missiles are.

[@82maddhatter]

And they still couldn’t reach..

[@imobend]

its a game

[@papo1515]

There has only been one SR71 ever shot down........oh yeah, it was shot down by the Russians.

[@gustavooliveira-qm3ek]

Beautiful, beautiful blackbird.

[@timotaio69]

Wow! The graphics are so amazing! It looks so real!

[@tfp0052]

The SR-71 was just playing with them!

[@joshuatan3353]

A.I. just playing you 😊

[@charlese1293]

Yeah right it's a simulation the USAF and the CIA are laughing 😂 do you know the mission of the SR - 71 ? Hnt : Advoid detect take photos and go after burners !!!!!!

[@Dmarkus_greene]

In this scenario the su27s had the blackbird by the balls. They could have shot it down pointblank and there's nothing the blackbird could have done about it.

[@chaosopher23]

Those 27's were piloted by NATO pilots. This video is probably directed at Russian intelligence, hinting at capabilities. "Catch me if you can!"

[@toddandtom5004]

Crazy how that 1960’s airframe still looks advanced compared to today’s adversarial aircraft.

[@ianeastwood5457]

Way to advanced for the 1960s definetly borrowed from our outer space friends

[@tomjones5338]

It is advanced aircraft and the technology is advanced

[@patrickmartin448]

The Russia air force “ware did he go”? Pilot “ware did who gooooooooooo”

[@hyperluminalreality1]

You are commenting on a video game called DCS as if it is real life...There are no pilots. It is a computer sim.

[@dennistaylor5052]

No "spell check"?

[@av8rr]

it's a line from the original top gun​@@hyperluminalreality1

[@imobend]

its a game called DCS

[@mikelittle5250]

hahahaa Goose

[@michaelmancini5773]

The SR-71 actually flies faster than a bullet fired from a M14 308 round, that is mind boggling

[@dominiccincotta7383]

That is amazing that sr-71 can fly faster than a rifle round

[@steve5825]

As do the majority of jet fighters.

[@supertom8552]

Faster than there rockets too !

[@grumpusmaximus9446]

​@@steve5825 So what? The original poster was using that as a reference. Now add in the fact that the SR-71 was doing this back in 1966, and today SOME jet fighters may fly faster been a bullet but not all, and the ones that do, are still not as fast as the SR-71.

[@tommywolfe2706]

@@steve5825 no. The SR-71 was recorded going 2200 miles an hour. M4 308 round goes 2800/ft per second. That is less than 2000mph, but still really fast. (2800ft/second x 60 seconds x 60 minutes, equals 10080000, divide by 5280 "a mile" and its = 1909.0909096mph) Most fighter jets however, cruise best at around 1000mph and in combat are around 1200-1500mph. The Su-27 has a max speed of 1600mph. Its service ceiling is 62,000 feet. At altitude, it can go 1600. Sea level only about 1000mph. The SR-71 has a max speed of 2200 mph, service ceiling of 85,000 feet and there is no differentiation in speed in the wiki between sea level or the 85,000 ft. SR-71 is exceptional and to say that most are just as good is a joke.

[@georgemallory797]

I saw one land at Wright Patterson AFM in February of 1990. Left Beale AFB and was overhead in Dayton in 60 minutes. Did a couple high speed photo passes and a couple practice approaches before finally touching down. Not a very long runway. The orange chute was in the air and not quite inflated just before the tire smoke. I have the picture I took of it. One memory burned into my eyelids til I die.

[@omarriveroslozano7885]

Excelente!!!

[@TheHawk--oe8iq]

While deployed on the Kitty Hawk in 87, an officer walked into Air Ops and informed us that an aircraft will be passing through the carrier's controlled airspace. (There is no top limit to an aircraft carrier's controlled airspace.) So, we air traffic controllers gathered around a radar scope and watched the aircraft primary target (no IFF, aka transponder code, no altitude encoder) and watched a primary target take seven sweeps to race from one side of the radar scope to the other side. We estimated the speed at around 2300 knots. Our F-14s were only capable of 1450 knots, about 300 knots faster than the F/A-18s.

[@bagdadskilopov7757]

russian want their titanium back.

[@marcosflores-march7278]

🤣🤣🤣

[@matthewgibbs6886]

the cia paid good drug money to buy it

[@jamesmcdonnell5617]

@@marcosflores-march7278 Yeah, right! You are well informed. The CIA set up dozens of shell companies, in order to buy the necessary ingots of titanium in order to make the skin et al for the SR-71. Well spotted!!

[@RonLo]

Is Russia where we get our titanium?

[@OldPapaBear]

@@RonLo For the Blackbird, yes.

[@smitbar11]

No Russian aircraft ever got close to an SR-71, fact.

[@imobend]

its a game called DCS

[@brianphillips7696]

Once there was a real chance they could 1:12 have because one Blackberry Bird was having severe mechanical difficulties. But I think the technically neutral Swedes ran interference for us blocking the Russians.

[@keenlybee7669]

Damn, DCS graphics are getting scary good!

[@icecold_beer95wi]

He said, "alright I'm done napping, time to play... where'd they go?"

[@atlanticantiquesltd7372]

The SR is the most beautiful plane ever designed. Totally majestic!

[@jrfoleyjr]

Until you look at the SR-72

[@johnandrew-sm5fi]

This bad boy can fly at the edge of space! This is staggering 😲

[@chopsjazz1]

And it was designed with a slide rule in the late 1950's.

[@madscott85]

It's footage from a game

[@bnln1939]

Retired Aircraft top speed still classified.

[@dtmifti2247]

Speed and/or altitude, too much for those Russian fighters!

[@mauricegold9377]

In real life a missile would kill the SR-71 up close like that. But not at 85,000 feet at Mach 3.

[@C119G]

You mean too much for those boiler plate and big rivet Russian fighters,they'd get no where near a Blackbird.

[@gwendolinogabucan6008]

If the Russians use MiG 25 I don't know what will happen to the SR 71 it can reach up to mach 3 and can climb up to 80k feet

[@migueldeniseful]

Not thrue !! The record for the highest altitude, in a horizontally controlled flight by a military fighter, was 37km. A MiG-29 did this ‼️ 

[@michaeltaylor631]

Sorry, but a SR-71 could fly a lot higher and faster than a SU-27! Interesting simulation, though.

[@maternst1]

Intimidating the Blackbird? Naw! They were just admiring it!

[@Muddy_alex6850]

SR-71: Yea im a just go now later *Turns on afterburner*

[@3dmax911]

good cinematic DCS movie 😂

[@allanarellanes1726]

SR-71 made famous for requesting a speed check from an air control tower. All because a Navy Pilot wanted to brag about how fast he was going

[@johnmcleodvii]

Another story I've heard: Blackbird pilot: "Request flight level 600." Rookie Air Traffic Controller: Buddy, if you think you can get up there, go for it. Nobody's up there " Blackbird pilot: "Descending flight level 600."

[@rongendron8705]

The SR-71,(Blackbird), was the greatest plane ever made! I recall this incident & the Russian fighter jets could only fly at a top speed of 1,500 mph, while the SR 71 could fly at around 3,000 mph! Can you say "Bye, Bye"?

[@seatedliberty]

While this video is complete bullshit, the official top speed of the SR-71 was 2,193 mph, and the fastest it ever unofficially flew was around 2,500 mph for a few seconds.

[@TheFoxGod444]

What video game do you recall this incident from?🤡🤣🤡

[@-iceraptor-]

They weren't trying to intimidate him. They were just astonished by the SR-71blackbird.

[@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992]

Fun fact: when the sr-71 set its declassified world speed record of Mach 3.2 it did so on one engine after it suffered a flame out on the mile 4 timing gate. The pilots flew it on one engine through mile marker 5 and 6. it's capable of around mach 3.7

[@rodnemeth6766]

Ok .. more like mach 5.5 and higher. Hmmm mach 5 patches on most crew that flew them. Official top speed 3.2 real top speed classified till this day most crew will say easy mach 4

[@foetastic]

The official top speed for the sr-71 was Mach 3.2+, with a ceiling of 85k +, with no defense weapons. A former pilot said they once reached a speed of 1.6 miles per second or 5,700 mph.

[@Gerisheng]

Real or not, I got a total sci-fi spaceship flyby vibe when the SR-71 decided "It's been nice but I'm just going to leave now." Funny how something so old has never been surpassed and, 60+ years later, still looks futuristic. I mean, really, now that the future of the early '60s is actually here, how many things from then can you say still look futuristic to us now? Uh, yup, just the SR-71. I'm an SR-71 fanboy and I don't apologize. :)

[@rlstang7276]

the black bird is a lot of technology for the Russians

[@robertlaliberte1820]

Yeah. Right. The Air Force permanently retired SR-71 in 1998

[@johnharper2016]

SR71 goes to warp speed. See ya, Ivan!

[@zingerman11259]

what video game is this? the clouds are too blurry, the russian planes all turned in the same direction at the same exact time, and the sr71 let them see it, thats how I know this must be a video game

[@imobend]

the game is DCS (digital combat simulator)

[@PINACI]

Don't you just love Microsoft Flight Sim running on a RTX 4090 at max setting !

[@iAmDiBBz]

4 SU-27 jets.. wow thats like 1/3 of the russian airforce...

[@Muddy_alex6850]

TRUE LOL

[@charlese1293]

😂 lol , really? When did a S 71 let Russian jet fighters get close to it ? This is a simulation 😂

[@freeflymonkey]

you spelled Ukraine wrong lol.. oh wait - are they getting 4 f-16s to be used as russian target practice...? hahahahhahaha.

[@mirekslechta7161]

Did you know, that 71% of USA´s F-35 are not combat capable just because they are almost permanently broken? (And that is in peace time, in war time I bet they would be broken all ). Did you know that Abrams tanks need 8 hours of maintenance for every one hour of combat use ? (Ukrainiens found out soon, that it is junk) Last year we could see the "quality" of USA´s weapons in counterofensive in Ukraine. The only things which are remarkable about those guns are the PRICE and the SPEED in which these are being wiped out... Russian weapons are superior at all levels. The mere fact that the Russians have managed to bring several hypersonic missiles into use (!) within a few years and the Americans, in contrast, have not been able to do so for 10 years, shows the enormous difference. USA only has the most expensive military in the world, while Russia has the strongest army in the world and the most experienced army in the world.. About Ukraine war I say it like this: Who wants to be helping to a country(Ukraine) which kept killing civilians(russian language speakers) since 2014 ? It would be the same if someone would start helping to a man who attacked another man...., because Russia is helping to civilians in Donbas since those civilians were killed by thousands since 2014) It is like someone would start helping to a person who started with killing people....... About Ukraine war I say it like this: Would USA like Russia´s army in Mexico or Cuba? If your answer was NO while you do not mind NATO(it means USA´s army) near Russia, than something is very wrong with your reasoning, period.

[@michelestefanini5466]

tbf I'm not in the Russian side but saying this is utterly wrong. Less than 10% of the russian Air Force has been damaged by this conflict and they're still receiving new batches of su35s every 2 months

[@rjb6327]

They knew better than to try and catch up with a SR-71

[@imobend]

its a game called DCS

[@JoeyRay-fz1qe]

The thing is the SR-71 was still in international airspace but was getting close to Russia. If not the SU-27 would of flamed it and brought it down! That is called intimidation that it turned around and ran!

[@johnmckown1267]

SR-71, most beautiful flying machine ever.

[@robertdrinkall8947]

SR-71 isn't flying now.

[@keckchan7156]

Don't make it come out of retirement..💪🙊

[@dhyde9207]

No it isn't. Something much, much faster is flying now.

[@doug4932]

@@dhyde9207 And its replacement is probably already flying now too

[@gh5972]

You’d think by now we’d have planes that could fly into space. Do we?

[@scottmcintosh4397]

Lockheed Martin is developing the SR-72. A hypersonic UAV slated for first flight in 2025 & full operational service by the 2030's 🛩 🌌🔭

[@FirstFamilyCharger]

Just casually walks off with afterburners lol.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

What a beautiful beast.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

Nah, they had cameras to take pictures, because they are witnessing the greatest engineered aircraft humanity has ever created. They were fellow aviators smiling like little kids in a candy shop. I surmise their faces hurt from smiling so much. Respect & admiration is a universal mannerism in humanity, when it's unabashedly due!

[@mikeking7381]

Can’t touch this 👍🇺🇸

[@kurkruk70]

There NO WAY a Russian plane could get the close to the SR-71 except if they were all parked for an air show! The orcs have been trying to get close to the SR-71 since 1964.... Yeah not gonna happen lol 😂

[@mirekslechta7161]

Did you know, that 71% of USA´s F-35 are not combat capable just because they are almost permanently broken? (And that is in peace time, in war time I bet they would be broken all ). Did you know that Abrams tanks need 8 hours of maintenance for every one hour of combat use ? (Ukrainiens found out soon, that it is junk) Last year we could see the "quality" of USA´s weapons in counterofensive in Ukraine. The only things which are remarkable about those guns are the PRICE and the SPEED in which these are being wiped out... Russian weapons are superior at all levels. The mere fact that the Russians have managed to bring several hypersonic missiles into use (!) within a few years and the Americans, in contrast, have not been able to do so for 10 years, shows the enormous difference. USA only has the most expensive military in the world, while Russia has the strongest army in the world and the most experienced army in the world.. About Ukraine war I say it like this: Who wants to be helping to a country(Ukraine) which kept killing civilians(russian language speakers) since 2014 ? It would be the same if someone would start helping to a man who attacked another man...., because Russia is helping to civilians in Donbas since those civilians were killed by thousands since 2014) It is like someone would start helping to a person who started with killing people....... About Ukraine war I say it like this: Would USA like Russia´s army in Mexico or Cuba? If your answer was NO while you do not mind NATO(it means USA´s army) near Russia, than something is very wrong with your reasoning, period.

[@RandomPerson8492]

@@mirekslechta7161 Big talk from someone whose mainline MBT broke down during a parade

[@chrisb7198]

@@mirekslechta7161 did you see the mighty T-90 get smoked by the Bradley's without TOW's? Did you see the russian navy getting smoked by a country without a navy? Have you seen russian air force getting smoked by Patriot? Did you enjoy your one tank parade?

[@SwapBlogRU]

Yeah, except MiG-31's were intercepting the Blackbird, but sure, not gonna happen lol.

[@chrisb7198]

@@SwapBlogRU That happened exactly twice and near the end of the SR-71's service. No Blackbird was ever shot down. By the time of those intercepts the U.S. satellites were starting to do most of the recon anyway. The first incident was a mig getting a radar lock but from a distance of 120km at about 52,000 ft.. It is questionable if the newest russian missile the R-33 I think could have shot it down.

[@Ackermanmedia]

Hollywood said "where did he go" I said "Where did who go!" ....lol

[@TimHuffine-sq3pn]

Yes , 2 pairs with wingman. Some people don’t realise that the Russians were the ones that began the concept of a wingman when committing aerial battles during World War I… Claire Schult then incorporated their tactics and brought that into the US tactical model.

[@gabork.8715]

That scenario never happened because the SR-71 flew too high and too fast for all airplanes. Also to intercept an SR-71 it had to be head on and meet it. The russians tried with the MIG-25 but could not synchronize a merge head on and from the rear it was impossible to gain on a SR-71. Later the russians used the MIG 31 with long range AAMs to get at head on merge with the SR-71. However the SR-71 flew very much higher than the MIG-31 and the merge was for a very short time. With the long range missiles the MIG-31 possibly could have shot down the SR-71 but the SR-71 always flew outside of russian territory so a shoot down would have created an international incident.

[@baldeagle4590]

Bye Bye!!!..👋🏼

[@richardpeachey1103]

That SR 71 certainly was a beautiful looking aircraft, That black is well intimidating.

[@vincentbugalia3858]

If this were real, the Soviet pilots would have just been admiring the black beast.

[@terrarecon]

DCS simulator is pretty cool.

[@ryannovak7031]

Bad ASS!

[@jaysonkirsch1937]

The SR -71 is a legend! Hard to believe it was engineered in the late 50s and built in the 60s and 60 years later it is still the fastest jet that we know of! It is astonishing, however, if this was achieved at that time, what does the government have now that exceeds that and we don't know about it? We pay way too much in taxes!!

[@migueldeniseful]

We must not forget that the SR-71 Blackbird is not a military aircraft with the capacity (other than theoretical) to carry missiles (even for self-defense), bombs or even a cannon. If we research the Mach3 fighter-interceptor, the MiG-31Foxhound, we will see that it has all those capabilities, in addition to these, the unprecedented (unique) hypervelocity missiles, Kinzhal and Zircom, in addition to nuclear warheads. Another necessary research will be to know the largest, fastest, longest range, greatest military tonnage and much higher altitude than its counterpart, the US B-1 Lancer... The Tupolev tu-160 White Swam.

[@scottbehr5690]

Yeah....as soon as you see the mach diamonds...might as well head home

[@afantini1]

iceman is almost perfect with CG! I love it!

[@iceman_fox1]

Thank you, my friend!

[@tsicby]

My Dad used to guard the U2 spy plane when he was in the Air Force. He was told by a AF general if anyone enters the hanger other than him they were to be shot on sight.

[@Timothy-cj6lo]

During 1978-1979 I worked on her. There was a rumor that she could do mach 3.7. But this was just that, rumor. She can cruise @ mach 3+, yes, but today she can carry armament and do closer to mach -10. I don't know for the life of me why we don't send her to say goodbye to Russia.

[@alfredhernandez9799]

Until you stand next to an SR-71 you have no idea what a BEAST that aircraft is. It is huge, Huge, HUGE! And the engines could swallow you like a raisin. All for one purpose: speed at altitude. Incredible machine.

[@user-ml7do1ep1e]

An American case of Eat my Dust 💪 🇺🇲 💥

[@thomassnyder7605]

In the real world they'd never catch him. 😶

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

They never did.

[@amonra3725]

they aren't trying to intimidate it....they're escorting it. the ease of it pulling away shows there was no 'intimidation'. no. this was an escort.

[@moyingling]

3 fighters, for an unarmed SR 71? Must have been flying over Moscow!

[@elppedro77]

See you later, slow-pokes!!

[@digitalradiohacker]

Russian Su-27 fighter jets attempt to intimidate a USAF SR-71 Blackbird *ATTEMPT*

[@mirekslechta7161]

Did you know, that 71% of USA´s F-35 are not combat capable just because they are almost permanently broken? (And thet is in peace time, in war time I bet they would be broken all ). Did you know that Abrams tanks need 8 hours of maintenance for every on hour of combat use ? (Ukrainiens found out soon, that it is junk) Last year we could see the "quality" of USA´s weapons in counterofensive in Ukraine. The only things which are remarkable about those guns are the PRICE and the SPEED in which these are being wiped out... Russian weapons are superior at all levels. The mere fact that the Russians have managed to bring several hypersonic missiles into use (!) within a few years and the Americans, in contrast, have not been able to do so for 10 years, shows the enormous difference. USA only has the most expensive military in the world, while Russia has the strongest army in the world and the most experienced army in the world.. About Ukraine war I say it like this: Who wants to be helping to a country(Ukraine) which kept killing civilians(russian language speakers) since 2014 ? It would be the same if someone would start helping to a man who attacked another man...., because Russia is helping to civilians in Donbas since those civilians were killed by thousands since 2014) It is like someone would start helping to a person who started with killing people....... About Ukraine war I say it like this: Would USA like Russia´s army in Mexico or Cuba? If your answer was NO while you do not mind NATO(it means USA´s army) near Russia, than something is very wrong with your reasoning, period.

[@digitalradiohacker]

@@mirekslechta7161 Did you know, that 100% of Russian tank turrets fly better than any Russian aircraft? The only things which are remarkable about those guns are the RUST and the SPEED at which they gain altitude. Vast numbers of people across the world supported Putin because he appeared to be a man of reason in a world gone mad. He flushed that supoort down the toilet with his "special military operation". Now go away with your propaganda - Nobody here has any power to change anything.

[@chrisb7198]

@@mirekslechta7161 did you see the mighty T-90 get smoked by the Bradley's without TOW's? Did you see the russian navy getting smoked by a country without a navy? Have you seen russian air force getting smoked by Patriot? Did you enjoy your one tank parade?

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

The blackbird could just put pedal to the metal and leave them in the dust. SR71 can do mach 3+ all day long while the SU-27 can only reach Mach 2.35 for short sprints before running out of fuel.

[@silverwings1843]

First: Why is the Blackbird flying at such a low altitude!!!! Second: It would have to go into Slow Flight Regime. Third: The SU27 is VICIOUS and a Stand Alone Fighter / Defender and Seriously Intimidating.

[@tracypatterson14]

Evidently these Russian pilots have no idea who they are dealing with..

[@JimCOsd55]

Something similar occurred in 1987 when a SR-71 on a routine recon mission over the Baltic Sea lost an engine. The E Germans scrambled a pair of MiG-25’s to intercept but 4 JA-37 Viggens came to the rescue and escorted the crippled plane out of its air space. This wasn’t made public until 2017.

[@HeinrichGermany1]

1. At many points you can see that it's a game. 2. An SR71 is not a B52. An SR71 would never let a Russian fighter jet get that close.

[@craigdeandean4036]

I hope everyone knows that is AI. Those jets would not be within hundreds of miles of an SR 71.

[@billbbobby2889]

Today's Russian S-400 missiles fly at 5K MPH with triple radar technology scanning. Out running any jet aircrafts. Not a win for any jet pilot.

[@HDC50-ez5xl]

The SR-71 - The most beautiful and graceful aircraft in the history history of the universe. Nothing else comes close, not even The Concorde which is the 2nd most beautiful and graceful aircraft ever built.

[@fabiankramer2688]

Pilot: Hold my beer I switch into 2nd gear 😁

[@user-nv9hu4xp3i]

Для перехвата такой птицы Россия выпустит не СУ - 27 , а МИГ - 31 !!!!! КРАСИВЫЙ МУЛЬТФИЛЬМ ДЛЯ ДЕТЕЙ США И НАТО.

[@rastos2064]

Presne tak! 🇷🇺💪🏻

[@user-mm2yy4ve2n]

SR 71 ! are they still on duty ? Woowww ! They said, that very few people seen this plane on a flight Well.. I'm from the lucky ones. 1976 , On a low flight, above my village. Daylight! Cyprus.

[@andrewlorentz685]

Definitely DCS NO WAY THEY WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO GET THAT CLOSE!

[@Quakeboy02]

Another game simulation pretending to be the real thing.

[@brianwilson6403]

AI. An Su-27 would not have been able to reach the altitude that a Blackbird flies at in the first place.

[@charleshouse5541]

Nice...but reality sucks, it couldn't have outrun a missile and there'd been more than one certainly. How a 71 would have ever gotten into this position to begin with has me scratching my head🤔

[@kennethhammond]

The US F 35 looks geriatric compared to the Russian SU 57.

[@erictowery2632]

Not a chance in hell these jets could catch the blackbird

[@yourseatatthetable]

The SR pilot was screwing with 'em. He can fly literal circles around them, and then 'poof' gone in 20 seconds.

[@ababbit7461]

I was on "position" listening to the North Koreans, in Aug 1981, US Army, Camp Humphrey's Zoliger Station (ASA), when they fired a missile at the SR71. Once the pilot was informed that the "rocket is off", he kicked in the after burners and left the missile a couple of miles in the dust. The North Koreans missed by only a second or two, but that is a long way with the SR71. That bird could "get it" when needed.

[@stevecurd3944]

fantastic,ill never forget watching a SR-71 flight display at Raf Mildenhall Airfete in 1986 & 89,pure power

[@neilkratzer3182]

No matter we all know the ceiling and the speed of sr 71 they would never get close.

[@spyder5571]

That's like a Yugo pulling up to a Pagani. See ya!

[@drevilllc]

I used to live near Beale AFB. Seeing them and U2s doing their thing is magnificent.

[@catdaddy57]

Nice DCS video.....

[@bubbaboudreaux7015]

SR-71 flies at M3. Air to Air missles fly at M7. Altitude was the SR-71's friend.

[@richardg9698]

I wouldn't really worry about anything Russian designed and made.

[@douglaspowell4934]

Some more B.S. THESE BIRDS HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

[@MrJohn49g]

Russian pilots: Hello SR-71 pilots: goodbye

[@mikemcdougal4142]

The pilot was just waiting for permission to take the blackbird into low earth orbit.

[@paulpurpi9069]

Boy did we scare him away!