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The SR-71's maximum speed is still classified, but it was known to be able to cruise at Mach 3.2, around 2,200 mph. At that sustained speed, the Blackbird could circle the earth in about 11 hours. Things slow down a bit, though, when we consider that the Blackbird could only fly 3,000 miles on a tank of fuel. In-flight refueling means that the world's fastest jet is going to be spending a lot of time flying no faster than the tanker bringing the gas. Fueling and accel/decel times would probably stretch the circumnavigation time to around 15 hours, assuming everything was perfectly scheduled and coordinated.
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