He was a Vietnam Veteran, serving his country as a U.S. Air Force Sergeant Inventory Specialist 1968-1974. He was involved with supplying parts for the U2 spy planes.

The Soviet MiG-25 "Foxbat" was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With stainless steel construction and Tumansky R-15B-300 engines, it could achieve ...

The SR-72, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, is a proposed hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft aimed to fill critical intelligence gaps in the U.S. Air Force. Expected to fly in the mid-2020s ...

Another long-serving U.S. military aircraft has completed its final operational deployment, with the return of the U.S.

The last EP-3E Aries II of VQ-1 "World Watchers" has completed its final operational mission and returned home. On Oct. 29, ...

There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake ...

Discover the story of the SR-71 Blackbird, an engineering marvel developed during the Cold War to replace vulnerable spy planes like the U-2. Capable of Mach 3.2 and equipped with stealth features, ...