In 1960, after years of suspecting the US was spying on them, the Soviet Union finally took down one of the mysterious high-altitude aircraft that had been observing them from the stratosphere. They ...

Hear from the first Black woman to pilot the U-2 about how she overcame obstacles to make history, May 3 at 8 pm ET. Learn more: https://s.si.edu/40FsAZJ The path towards achieving your goal is not ...

As the Office of the Secretary of Defense weighs a premature retirement of the U-2, manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s argument to save the program is that “there is no other high-altitude platform that ...

The U-2 is a single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Development began in 1954, and a prototype flew the following year. Lockheed built 49 aircraft in the initial configuration, but as ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (EAA) - As provided to Action 2 News: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 will feature one of the most popular intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, as the United States ...

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — On the evening of July 31, a TU-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing took off from Beale Air Force Base to begin a flight unlike any the U-2 airframe ...