Secret History: U-2 Spy Planes on Aircraft Carriers On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a CIA U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. It was an international crisis for ...

Another U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis by a Soviet surface-to-air missile in 1962.

It’s extremely rare for a civilian - even a journalist - to score a ride in the backseat of a U-2 spy plane. So-called DV (distinguished visitor) flights are mainly reserved for high-ranking ...

Some call the U-2 spy plane a Cold War relic, but don’t tell that to the Beale AFB maintenance crew. They’ll tell you the ...

China's military said it tracked and tailed the US P-8A anti-submarine patrol craft flying through the Taiwan Strait.

A US Air Force feasibility stud has found that the sensors and cameras from the U-2 spy plane can be adapted to work on the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone. According to IHS Jane's, Congress ordered the ...

Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said.

Fox-body Ford Mustangs and a whole crop of high-performers from GM have served the US Air Force over the years, helping land the legendary U-2 spy plane. Typically, aircraft deploy their landing ...

Official documents record a dialogue between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. after a U.S. spy plane goes down in ... As previously announced, it was known that a U-2 plane was missing.

After nearly 70 years of service, the U.S. Air Force plans to begin divesting its fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes starting in fiscal year 2025, budget documents show By Jared Keller Posted on ...

Lockheed Martin is developing a successor to the storied U-2 spy plane, Flightglobal reports. Lockeed Martin's "Skunk Works," the office in charge of developing the company's high-end future ...