[RaceBannon]

the MIG-25 that did MACH-3 over the Sinai had to have it’s engine replaced, that is where that story came from

but, it did do MACH-3 in 1973

[Little Ray]

So did the XB-70 and SR-71, but you didn’t have replace the engines every time you punched the throttle...
Oh, and they did it in the 1960s.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[but, it did do MACH-3 in 1973]

I guess that made a big boom. I wonder if an Egyptian was flying it or some East Bloc pilot. I used to hear stories about Russians talking on the North Vietnamese fighter frequencies.