The performance figures of the A-12 have only recently been declassified. The A-12 flew faster and higher, Mach 3.29 at 90,000 feet, than any other piloted operational jet aircraft, including the SR-71.
"The Peacekeeper" depicts an A-12 , piloted by Jack Weeks (CIA) passing making a right turn over the India Ocean as he searches for and locates the USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korean naval forces.