Baltic Express

 

On one of the American stealth missions to the Baltic region (codenamed the "Baltic Express";
The SR-71 Blackbird lost an engine and entered Swedish airspace to be protected and escorted safely to Danish airspace by two Swedish Saab fighter jets- while two Soviet MIG-29s were trying to shoot it down and take it for the Soviet Union.
Later, the brave two Swedish pilots were awarded a medal in 2018.