There is an unbelievably good interview with Brian Shul, one of the only SR-71 pilots to take a bunch of pictures of the plane[1]. He tells the story about when

There is an unbelievably good interview with Brian Shul, one of the only SR-71 pilots to take a bunch of pictures of the plane[1]. He tells the story about when his commander asks him to fly right up to the soviet border to get their anti-air radars to light the blackbird up. He asked what he should do if they shot missiles at it and his commander said to just turn around and outrun it. He was quite skeptical of this and very amusingly describes this real life encounter. He's a really funny speaker. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZRP1q1PGUk&t=33m0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZRP1q1PGUk&t=33m0s UPDATE: Video with better sound thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19505767 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19505767 I found the specific story I was referring to at 33m