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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The pilot who crash landed in the middle of a busy St. Matthews street dreamed of a career in aviation. And as Evan Peele recovers from serious injuries and burns in the ...

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, ...

When the F-111 first entered service during the Cold War, it became the first platform capable of performing in multiple ...

As prep for a Kansas trip to participate in a KC-135 mid-air refueling, we thought it would be interesting to revisit other ...

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at ...

LAS VEGAS – Only the Sphere could make it feel like U2 is in the building when they’re not. The band opened the revolutionary venue in September 2023, playing 40 sold-out shows through March ...

Recent findings indicate that gamma-ray emissions from thunderstorms are far more complex and dynamic than previously understood, thanks to observations of new phenomena like Flickering Gamma-Ray ...