Sweden Built a Mach 2 Fighter in the 1950s That Could Do the Top Gun Cobra Maneuver Before Anyone Else — and It Flew for 45 Years

A Swedish Pilot Flew Alongside a Crippled SR-71 That Hit Mach 3 While Russian MiGs Were In Pursuit — Here Is What Happened Next

Former US Army Special Forces Warrant Officer Steve Balestrieri examines the Saab JA-37 Viggen. Designed for Sweden's Bas 90 highway strips, this Mach 2 delta-wing fighter made aviation history by routinely radar-locking the SR-71 Blackbird and famously shielding a crippled American spy plane from Soviet MiG-25s in 1987. The post A Swedish Pilot Flew Alongside a Crippled SR-71 That Hit Mach 3 While Russian MiGs Were In Pursuit — Here Is What Hap…