But where do you build a revolutionary spy plane, and keep it away from Russian spies? You build it in Bakersfield. Today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots – the story of how the valley helped build the ...

Gary Powers, Jr. took a U-2 flight in 2000. He talks about what he saw from 70,000 ft., including Area 51. He also discusses ...

It was meant to replace the long-in-the-tooth SR-71 Blackbird that first took flight in 1964 and became the world's fastest plane in 1976 ... the Blackbird and U-2 projects.

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

Washington sources said Beijing might even move to charge the crew with espionage and put them on trial - a grim echo of the 1960 incident when an American U2 spy plane was shot down over Russia ...

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

A US naval spy plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taipei said in a statement. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the US P-8 plane crossed the strait from south to north. “During this ...

There are a few uncomfortable details that come to light in this documentary exploring the many surveillance techniques being used on board modern spy planes. Did you know that, as they trawl the ...