The Cold War was at its height and the U.S. had been flying Lockheed U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by ...

A wide range of aircraft were deployed to the Cuban Missile Crisis - from spy planes to nuclear-armed strategic bombers.

The legacy of the US military developing some of the world's most iconic and successful surveillance aircraft looks set to ...

Initially developed by the Lockheed Skunk Works division under complete secrecy, the U-2 performed its maiden flight in 1955. Shortly thereafter, the CIA began flights over the Soviet Union to ...