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.

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Created with DCS

[pmarston]

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

[maternst]

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

[stephen]

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

[markyrogers]

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

[Ezewright]

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

[keenlybee]

Damn, DCS graphics are getting scary good!

[VeryCoolCat]

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

[johnmckown]

SR-71, most beautiful flying machine ever.

[ThatGuy]

SR-71: “Nice ta meetcha!”

*Hits afterburner*

[patrickmartin]

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

[atlanticantiquesltd]

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

[throttleblipsntwistedgrips]

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

[michaelmancini]

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

[michaeltaylor]

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

[dennissvitak]

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.

[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. :)

[alfredhernandez]

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.

[pcm]

That move up and away was like something out of Star Wars.

[johnandrew-smfi]

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

[smitbar]

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