#mach 25

[murdertrampbirthdayboy]

[tomboyyyaoi]

mmm mentally ill codependent domestic yuri, my favourite

[toxicroyjamie]

I'm really into the idea of 25-year-old Roy somehow getting timewarped to meet 25-year-old Jamie both because I think it would be VERY exciting for Jamie and because I think young Roy was completely unhinged in a way that middle-aged Roy never would be and I would like to see it

[crumbsispoggers]

Quick fanart for @novasolstarr because their eyefestation eyefestated in my eyes and I could not get them out so I had to draw them!

edit: Tumblr is not changing the edit of the pronouns for me help- they/them for the pronouns!

[opelman]

Blank Buster by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: The first action of my trip to the Mach Loop earlier this month was a pair of Hawks led by this one in 25 squadron markings. Aircraft: Royal Air Force BAE Systems Hawk T.2 ZK026. Location: Bwlch yr Oerddrws, Gwynedd, Wales.

[usafphantom2]

MiG-25 Foxbat

@deviantart

[mangolon]

Boonboomger Robo Knight has already been able to stop Mad Rex, and it's no secret that Cannonborg's strength is in his smarts and is nowhere near as strong as Mad Rex.

And now you have more powerful mechas as well, Monster, Mach and 119.

[transbee]

I literally hate every pharmacy I've ever gone to so much never have I once gotten the right amount of needles and every time i get them refilled they make it feel like the biggest inconvenience to them in the world what if we all blew up

[heymurada]

Team 141 is scheduled to arrive on time, but Nik drives the bus at mach jesus anyway

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NOPA page masterpost

~~ No One Plays Alone updates Tuesdays/Thursdays

[mercuryytheraven]

New school year is starting and I need to get my shit together so let’s go ✨✨

10 notes - I’ll hang my paper mache shark on my wall <COMPLETE>

25 notes - I’ll buy new backings for my pins so I’ll stop losing them <COMPLETE>

50 notes - I’ll finally finish setting up my Etsy page and open my custom kandi business <COMPLETE>

100 notes - I’ll brush my teeth twice a day <goddamn you guys are fast>

250 notes - I’ll start working on gift art for my friend <EXCITED>

500 notes - I’ll finish my paper mache Starly

2000 notes - I’ll use my chosen name instead of my deadname in class [must hit before 8/21 (start of school)] (this is actually terrifying lmao)

5000 notes - I’ll complete and post a fanfic (been trying for five years ToT)

Please don’t spam comments :3 I expect very little from this but ayyy goal setting

[defjux]

Here are 120 of my favorite hip hop albums, with only the first two rows being in order. This was tough for me, I tried to be as fair as possible and include the albums I grew up listening to that impacted me the most while also including the more recent albums that I listen to all the time. I’ll post the list below, and a version of the charts with the titles included. Let me know what you think, are any of your favorites here? If you've got a list of your own favorites, i'd love to see it. Peace. Chart with album titles included 1. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate 2. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein 3. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid 4. Billy Woods & Blockhead - Dour Candy 5. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus 6. Madvillain - Madvillainy 7. OutKast - ATLiens 8. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides 9. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead 10. Edan - Beauty & The Beat 11. Armand Hammer - Paraffin 12. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient 13. GZA - Liquid Swords 14. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife 15. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 16. Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs. the Sirens 17. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda 18. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 19. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang ( 36 Chambers) 20. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night 21. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside 22. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia 23. Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language 24. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

25. zeroh - awfulalterations 26. Dark Time Sunshine - ANX 27. Jam Baxter - …So We Ate Them Whole 28. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots 29. Siah & Yeshua dapoED - The Visualz Anthology 30. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star 31. MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday 32. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show 33. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb 34. De La Soul - Stakes Is High 35. Juggaknots - Re:Release 36. Cavalier - Private Stock 37. Dr. Yen Lo - Days With Dr. Yen Lo 38. Mach-Hommy - DUMPMEISTER 39. Cult Favorite - FOR MADMEN ONLY 40. Aesop Rock - Skelethon 41. Earl Sweatshirt - some rap songs 42. Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols 43. Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Hella Personal Film Festival 44. Common Sense - Resurrection 45. Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club 46. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange 47. Armand Hammer - Shrines 48. The Roots - Things Fall Apart 49. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 50. The Doppelgangaz - Lone Sharks 51. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth 52. Serengeti & Kenny Segal - Ajai 53. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal 54. E L U C I D - REVELATOR 55. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… 56. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places 57. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East 58. Smif-n-Wessun - Dah Shinin 59. Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time 60. O.C. - Word…Life 61 .Mach-Hommy - The G.A.T. (The Gospel According To…) 62. EPMD - Strictly Business 63. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown 64. Mobb Deep - The Infamous 65. Cities Aviv - MAN PLAYS THE HORN 66. Navy Blue - Gift of Gabriel: Rain’s Reign! 67. Milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?! 68. Oddisee - The Good Fight 69. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader 70. Mr Key & Greenwood Sharps - Yesterday's Futures 71. Blackalicious - Nia 72. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas 73. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up 74. Lord Finesse - The Awakening 75. Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves 76. Roc Marciano - Reloaded 77. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer 78. Sonic Sum - The Sanity Annex 79. Quelle Chris - Guns 80. Nas - Illmatic 81. Binary Star - Masters of the Universe 82. Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity 83. Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic, Vol. 2 84. Mavi - let the sun talk 85. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 86. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep 87. Illogic - Celestial Clockwork 88. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens 89. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst 90. Mike - Disco! 91. Nickelus F & Ohbliv - Yellow Gold 3 92. lojii - due rent 93. The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed 94. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots 95. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 96. Lords of the Underground - Here Come the Lords 97. Cities Aviv - Working Title For The Album Secret Waters 98 .Onry Ozzborn - c v p ii d 99. Fly Anakin & Big Kahuna OG - Holly Water 100. Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise 101. Busdriver - Thumbs 102. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly 103. Artifacts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place 104. Mike Ladd - Welcome to the Afterfuture 105. Defcee & knowsthetime - Lacuna 106. R.A.P. Ferreira - purple moonlight pages 107. Scarface - The Diary 108. Mad Moon - MAD SPACE 109. Skipp Coon - Miles Garvey 110. Mattic & Madwreck - Ill Scholars 111. Mood - Doom 112. NoName - Room 25 113. Deca - The Ocean 114. Darc Mind - Symptomatic of a Greater Ill 115. Pete Rock & Ini - Center of Attention 116. Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz 117. Showbiz & A.G. - Goodfellas 118. Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace 119. Theravada - Xenophon 120. Versis - Illcandescent

[bombaslover]

fodland's darkness a fire emblem horror event

hallo and welcome by hopefull the first fodland's darkness event. a whole month for everyone who like fire emblem three houses and horror

the rules

writing and art very welcome

no ai

since this is a horror event gore and dark stuff are welcome but tag it

16+ event

the event will be in august

you dont have to do every prompt

tag with fodlandsdarkness so i can see it

the prompts

1 vampire

2 did you hear that?

3 hubert

4 demonic beast

5 slasher

6 black heart

7 cursed

8 fodland's urban legends

9 siren au

10 darkness

11 lies

12 the church of seiros

13 the number 13

14 moon

15 flowers

16 clauw marks

17 dark magic

18 ghosts

19 those who slither in the dark

20 werewolfs

21 cryptids

22 eyes

23 i'm gonna kill you

24 red wolf month

25 smile

26 blood

27 curse

28 fodlands history

29 blood

30 shadow

31 garreg mach

have fun

[strictpunishedhubby]

“ Weißt Du warum Du in der Ecke kniest und ich Dir gleich nochmals mit dem Rohrstock, den Du in der Hand zu halten hast, noch eine intensivere Tracht Prügel gebe? Na warum wohl?”

“ Ich, ich wei, weiß es noch immer nicht, weiß es wirklich nicht! Weiß, weiß auch nicht, wa, warum ich eben ver, versohlt wurde! Ich, ich war doch, doch artig und, und folg, folgsam!”

“ Du weißt es noch immer nicht warum Du versohlst wurdest und jetzt wieder versohlst wirst, Du weiß es wirklich nicht, Du Kindskopf? Dann will ich Dir mal auf die Sprünge helfen! Überleg mal, wie hast Du Dich verhalten als wir im Geschäft an der Kasse standen? Na wie hast Du Dich da verhalten?”

“ Ich, ich habe mit Dir dort mit, mit Dir, ge, gewartet.”

“ Und wohin hast Du die ganze Zeit ungezogener Weise geschaut, während ich neben Dir stand?”

“ Weiß ich, ich nicht!” 

“ Ich weiß es aber! Zu dem Mädchen das in der Reihe neben uns stand! Die ganze Zeit hast Du nur zu ihr geschaut! Verschlungen hast Du sie mit Deinen Blicken! Und das in meinem Beisein! So eine Ungezogenheit schreit nach Züchtigung!”

“ Ich, ich ha, habe nur ganz kurz auf, auf sie, sie angeschaut.!”

“ Mich auch noch anlügen! Das habe ich gern! Deine unverfrorene Lügerei und Dein unflätiges Benehmen werde ich Dir schon noch austreiben! Eine Woche Hausarrest! Heute nochmals, morgen und übermorgen mit abendlicher und morgendlicher Rohrstockstrafe!” Während dieser Zeit wirst Du kein hübsches Mädchen nachschauen können, sondern die nächsten drei Tage über wirst Du mit einem versohlten Po unter Deinem Mädchenschlüpfer herumlaufen müssen! Ich freue mich schon darauf, Dich mit verheultem Gesicht zu sehen, während Du dann mindestens eine Stunde in der Ecke stehst, bevor ich Dich ins Bett schicke, um 18 Uhr! Ich verspreche Dir schon jetzt, an diesen Tagen wirst Du auch morgens noch lange mit Deinem verheulten Gesicht Deine Haushaltarbeiten verrichten! Übrigens, das Mädchen hätte Dich sowieso nur verächtlich ausgelacht, wenn sie wüsste, dass Du ständig nur Mädchenwäsche anhast, und wie so oft Du wie ein kleiner, ungezogener Junge von mir Deinen Po versohlt bekommst! Ich frage Dich nochmals und warne Dich, sag endlich die Wahrheit oder Du bekommst die ganze Woche über täglich Deinen Po verhauen! Hast Du die ganze Zeit, während wir an der Kasse standen das Mädchen angestarrt? Ja oder nein?”

“ Ja, ja ich, ich war so, so un, ungezogen!”

“ Und siehst Du ein, dafür hast Du Haue, viel, viel und feste Haue verdient?”

“ Ja! Oh, oh es tut mir so leid, so unendlich leid! Habe Haue verdient, habe gelogen und, und mich un, ungebührlich benommen! Bitte, bitte nicht so viel Haue, bitte, bitte! Ich, ich mache es be, bestimmt nicht wieder!”

“ Du bekommst die Haue die Du verdienst und ich Dir angekündigt habe! Und jetzt lege Dich sofort wieder über den Hocker, vorerst werde ich Dir 25 Hiebe, mit dem was Du so ängstlich in Deiner Hand hältst, feste über Deinen schon nackten Po überziehen. Wie dumm Dein Verhalten war, weißt Du doch selber, und das unangenehme Folgen, sehr unangenehme Folgen für Dich und Deinen Po hat! Mach Dich also auf eine strenge, äußerst strenge Bestrafung gefasst, so wütend ich auf Dich und Dein schamloses, unverschämtes Verhalten im Geschäft bin, denn es ist so blamabel für eine Frau, wenn in ihrem Beisein so ein Flegel von Ehemann nach anderen Mädchen und Frauen schaut! Männer können ja so dumm sein!” 

Beschämt schlich ich aus der Ecke, übergab meiner Frau schuldbewusst den Rohrstock um meine weitere Strafe für heute ergeben in Empfang zu nehmen. 

Deine Meinung ist gefragt und wichtig für uns! Du befürwortest wegen respektloses Verhalten gegenüber seiner Frau die Strafmaßnahmen, weil Du zu Beispiel denkst, nach anderen Mädchen im Beisein seiner Ehefrau zu schauen ist besonders dreist und muss bestraft werden. Kommentiere bitte, ob meine Frau die Strafmaßnahmen zu hart, genau angemessen, oder diese noch zu milde ausgefallen sind, setze bitte außerdem ein like und einen reblog. Du bist der Ansicht auch wenn es ein respektloses, ungezogenes Verhalten war, rechtfertigt das nicht mich dafür zu bestrafen, geschweige denn mich zu züchtigen. Wenn Du dieser Ansicht bist, dann begründe Deine Einstellung mit einem Kommentar.

Frage an Dich als Frau, würdest Du für solch eine Verfehlung auch zum Rohrstock greifen?

Frage an Dich als Mann, würde Deine Frau für solch eine Verfehlung auch zum Rohrstock greifen?

 Danke für Deine Mühe!

.

“Do you know why you are kneeling in the corner and why I am about to give you another even more intense beating with the cane that you has to hold in your hand? Well, why is that?”

“I, I still don’t kn, know, I really don’t know! I, I do, don't even kn, know why I was just spa, spannked! I, I was, after all good and, and obedient!”

“You still don't know why you were spanked and are now being spanked again, you really don't know, you big kid? Then let me help you out! Think about how you behaved when we were standing at the checkout in the store? So, how did you behave then?"

“I, I wai, waited there with, with you.”

“And where were you naughtily looking the whole time while I was standing next to you?”

" I,I don't know!"

"But I know! To the girl standing in the row next to us! You were just looking at her the whole time! You devoured them with your eyes! And in my presence! Such naughtiness calls for chastisement!"

“I, I just lo, loked at, at her, at her, for, for a very sh, short time!”

“You’re lying to me too! I like that! I'll get rid of your brazen lies and your foul behavior! One week of house arrest! Today again, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow with evening and morning caning! During this time, you won't be able to look at any pretty girl, but for the next three days you will have to walk around with a spanked bottom under your girl's panties! I'm looking forward to seeing you with a tear-stained face, standing in the corner for at least an hour before I send you to bed at 6 p.m.! I promise you now, on these days you will still be doing your chores with your tear-stained face long into the morning! By the way, the girl would have just laughed at you contemptuously if she knew that you always wear girls' underwear and that I often spank your bottom like a naughty little boy! I'm asking you again and warning you, tell the truth or you'll get your bottom spanked every day for the whole week. Were you staring at the girl the whole time we were standing at the checkout? Yes or no?" 

“Yes, yes, I was so, so nau, naughty!”

“And do you see that you deserve a beating, a lot of beatings, for that?”

Yes! Oh, oh, I'm so sorry, so incredibly sorry! I deserve a beating, I lied and, and behaved inap, inappropriately! Please, please, not so much hitting, please, please! I, I de, definitely won't do it again!"

“You will get the beating you deserve and that I promised you! And now lie back down on the stool immediately. First, I will give you 25 hard strokes across your already bare bottom with what you are holding so anxiously in your hand. You know yourself how stupid your behavior was, and that it has unpleasant consequences, very unpleasant consequences for you and your bottom! So, prepare yourself for a severe, extremely severe punishment, as angry as I am with you and your shameless, outrageous behavior in the store, because it is so embarrassing for a woman to have such a bratty husband looking at other girls and women in her presence! Men can be so stupid!”

Ashamed, I crept out of the corner, guiltily handed the cane to my wife and submissively received my further punishment for today.

Your opinion is wanted and important to us! You support this punishment because of disrespectful behavior towards his wife, because you think, for example, looking at other girls in the presence of his wife is particularly bold and must be punished. Please comment on whether the punishments given to my wife were too harsh, just right, or too lenient. Please also like and reblog. You believe that even if it was disrespectful, naughty behavior, that doesn't justify punishing me, let alone caning me. If you share this opinion, explain your position with a comment.

Question for you as a woman: Would you also resort to the cane for such a transgression?

 Question for you as a man: Would your wife also resort to the cane for such a transgression?

Thank you for your effort!

[aydentew3102]

Sprout seedly

Holding a world record running speed of mach 25, the city this toon protects is arguably the safest on the planet, he seems to be try to make amends with someone

(Lemme know if yall prefer with snout or without snout)

[wachtelspinat]

Hallooo ich habe mich gefragt wie du die menschliche anatomie und verschiedene gesichtsformen studieren? Dein kunst is geil brudi mach weiter so, vielen dank und eine schöne tag ❤️

ooooo hey hey ! tut mir leid für die späte antwort, arbeit und con prep sind gerade mein leben D8

ich würde mal in englisch antworten, damit alle es verstehen, ok? <3

first and foremost thank you so much for your note here, "deine kunst ist geil brudi" also made my day 😭🧡🧡🧡

aaaaaand oof that's not so easy to break down, at the end of the day it's been around 20 to 25 years of drawing over here... stuff just adds up after so many years. my first approach back then was "how to draw manga" lol but really it was a start.

if you really want to learn how to apply different poses to bodies and faces you need to learn how they are structured and how that structure works. there are tons of good youtube tutorials on how to construct a face and work with that. same applies for the body. don't watch videos in which dudebros tell you "in only 5 minutes you are a pro artist!" tho. that's not how it works.

learning to draw is like learning a language. it needs practice, it needs endurance and a tolerance for failure. and in the beginning you'll not be happy with what you draw (hell, i'm not happy still!) but there comes a time when everything gets a little easier and you kinda speak that language almost fluently... and then there is still more to learn.

i know these kind of answers are not very satisfying, but this topic is huge. one could talk days, weeks, months about it and never be done. if there is anything specific that you'd like to see i could do a little tutorial. or if you want my general approach i could do that too i guess.

[usafphantom2]

Blackbird pilot recalls the mission where a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat fired a missile at his SR-71

Soviet MiG-25 pilot tells why Foxbats were not able to fire a single missile at SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 spy planes

The Soviet MiG-25

The “holy grail” of the soviet air defense system: shooting down a Blackbird

Missile fired at an SR-71

MiG-25 at risk of being shot down by its missile

What happened to the missile fired by the MiG-25 at the SR-71?

The Soviet MiG-25

The Soviet MiG-25 (NATO code-name “Foxbat”) was a high-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft entered service in 1970 and has a top speed of Mach 2.83, powerful radar, and could carry up to four air-to-air missiles.

The MiG-25’s capabilities were not discovered until 1976 when Viktor Belenko, a Soviet MiG-25 pilot, defected to Japan. Subsequent analysis revealed a simple-yet-functional design with vacuum-tube electronics, two massive turbojet engines, and sparing use of advanced materials such as titanium.

CLICK HERE to see The Aviation Geek Club contributor Linda Sheffield’s T-shirt designs! Linda has a personal relationship with the SR-71 because her father Butch Sheffield flew the Blackbird from test flight in 1965 until 1973. Butch’s Granddaughter’s Lisa Burroughs and Susan Miller are graphic designers. They designed most of the merchandise that is for sale on Threadless. A percentage of the profits go to Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air Force Base. This nonprofit charity is personal to the Sheffield family because they are raising money to house SR-71, #955. This was the first Blackbird that Butch Sheffield flew on Oct. 4, 1965.

A capable interceptor, the MiG-25 was widely exported by the Soviet Union. This aircraft could outrun any fighter in the air, and indeed any military aircraft other than the SR-71 Blackbird.

Loaded with two R-40 missiles (NATO reporting name AA-6 ‘Acrid’), the Foxbat could reach 78,000 feet, but with its full complement of four missiles, it was limited to 68,900 feet. By contrast the Habu flew at cruise speeds above Mach 3 at over 80,000 feet.

The “holy grail” of the soviet air defense system: shooting down a Blackbird

Nevertheless, once an SR-71 Blackbird flown by Col. Darrel Cobb was fired on by a MiG-25, as Cobb himself recalls in this interview given to his son Chris;

Col. Cobb’s SR-71 Blackbird fired on by a MiG-25.

‘Operational missions.

‘First let me assure you; we never broke President Eisenhower’s promise to cease overflying the Soviet Union. We remained over international water – 12 mi offshore.

‘All of my operational flying was from Kadena, Okinawa. Area of interest was Vietnam; Korea; Vladivostok, USSR; China. Later, we flew transatlantic & return from Seymour Johnson, NC supporting the Israel Arab war. After I left the program, the SR flew from Mildenhall, England & Bodo, Norway.

‘We already touched on missions against Vietnam & the only night mission.

‘Today let’s cover “north missions.”

This print is available in multiple sizes from AircraftProfilePrints.com – CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS. Dawn at 80.000ft – SR-71 Blackbird

‘Take off, refuel & head into the Sea of Japan; between Japan & south Korea. Accelerated to operational speed – 3.20. Head directly at Vladivostok. headquarters of USSR air defense; and test/r & d of new radar & intercept development. 2200 mph guaranteed to light up all the radar & intercept systems they had.

‘A MiG-25 interceptor squadron was based just outside of Vladivostok. The “holy grail” of the soviet air defense system was to shoot down an SR-71.

‘Turn north up the Sea of Japan & make a U-turn back down the USSR coast (12 mi offshore) with ELINT & SIGINT recorders going full bore. Photo cameras looking oblique into the USSR, updating the interceptor air order of battle. Head south east till past Vladivostok then turn slightly left then right to cross Korea at the DMZ. Photo cameras updating N. Korea force readiness to resume hostilities against S. Korea.

Missile fired at an SR-71

‘Continue down the yellow sea coast of China. All sensors evaluating China’s threat to Taiwan. Turn left- decel & land at Kadena. I flew this profile several times during the 4 years I flew ops missions. One of these got very, very thrilling. Southbound, passing Vladivostok, Reg (my RSO) announced;

‘”We’ve got a fighter locked on – it’s gotta be a MiG-25″

‘”Our DEF [Defensive Electronic Gear, DEF. It Provided ground-to-air and air-to-air missile protection. Still Classified. Def systems were labeled DEF A,B,C,E and G. Later modifications to the DEF Systems resulted in DEF A2, C2, H and M systems. Nearing retirement of the SR-71, a programmable DEF labeled A2C could defeat all known threats to the Blackbirds] is blanketing all beautifully.”

‘”Oops – he just fired – – we’ve got a missile locked on”

‘”Our def has shifted to its missile magic”

‘”There – lock’s broken. Missile’s back in search”

‘”That’s weird – sounds like the missile’s locked on – but not locked on us”

‘”He’s gone – coming up on the “s” turn to the DMZ.”’

Fast forward to late 1976 Col. Cobb retired from the Air Force.

MiG-25 at risk of being shot down by its missile

Cobb continues;

‘I’m retired! Learning that retirement means no days off; no vacation; no holidays; big pay cut.

‘I find the aircraft TV channel & history channel. Lots & lots of SR-71 films. I avidly watch at every opportunity. In my den, glued to the TV & today’s SR-71 show, & who do I see comparing the MiG-25 with the SR-71??

‘You’re right – – Lt Victor Belenko!

‘He was totally gobsmacked; his MiG-25 burned up the engines getting to Mach 3 yet the SR’s cruise speed was greater than 3.0.

‘Belenko is the one who said that the Holy Grail of soviet air defense was to shoot down an SR.

‘He told of how they would pre-position ahead of the SR’s radar track and had to zoom up to get a lock on & fire their missile.

‘Belenko stressed how quickly & precisely they had to perform because the window of opportunity was so very short.

‘Their target was traveling at 3600 ft/sec. Faster than a speeding bullet.

‘He described in detail how precise the post firing breakaway had to be executed to avoid getting shot down by their own missile; talking as though they found this out the “hard way.”’

Cobb Concludes;

‘Man talk about intense attention – – I’m quickly mentally replaying that tape from the inter-phone – –

‘”We’ve got a fighter locked on – it’s gotta be a Mig-25″

‘”Our DEF is blanketing all beautifully.”

‘”Oops – he just fired – – we’ve got a missile locked on”

‘”Our def has shifted to its missile magic”

‘”There – lock’s broken. Missile’s back in search.

‘”That’s weird – sounds like the missile’s locked on – but not locked on us.”’

What happened to the missile fired by the MiG-25 at the SR-71?

What happened to the missile fired by the MiG-25? Could it have locked onto the Foxbat itself? Could the SR-71 DEF have deceived it? We’ll never know.

However, we can assume that given that SR-71 had a cruise speed faster than the top speed of the MiG-25’s Acrid missiles, the Blackbird simply outran the AA-6. There was no chance a Foxbat could conduct a tail-chase interception of an SR-71 (the MiG-25 couldn’t carry out a head-on intercept of a Blackbird too: in fact, the Foxbat’s radar and fire control system was not sophisticated enough to solve the problems of a head-on intercept at closing speeds that would exceed Mach 5).

Be sure to check out Linda Sheffield Miller (Col Richard (Butch) Sheffield’s daughter, Col. Sheffield was an SR-71 Reconnaissance Systems Officer) Twitter X Page Habubrats SR-71, Instagram Page SR71Habubrats and Facebook Page Born into the Wilde Blue Yonder Habubrats for awesome Blackbird’s photos and stories.

@Habubrats71 via X