Secret History: U-2 Spy Planes on Aircraft Carriers On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a CIA U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. It was an international crisis for ...

After taking off from Atlanta to South Carolina, the cabin of Delta flight 876 appears to fill with smoke as concerned passengers are shown covering their faces. The plane was forced to turn around ...

China has lodged "stern representations" with the United States, accusing it of sending a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane into a no-fly zone over Chinese live-fire military drills on Tuesday ...

After nearly 70 years of service, the U.S. Air Force plans to begin divesting its fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes starting in fiscal year 2025, budget documents show By Jared Keller Posted on ...

The U-2 spy planes have been joined by P-8A Poseidon aircraft and are flying the length of the border. The Navy P-8A and U-2 Air Force aircraft have been deployed to the border since President ...

The U-2 spy plane is an engineering marvel, but it can't land on its own. This is the complicated process pilots have to go through to bring the plane down safely. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook ...

As previously announced, it was known that a U-2 plane was missing. As a result of the inquiry ordered by the President it has been established that insofar as the authorities in Washington are ...

Forbes writer Jim Clash being strapped in to a U-2 spy plane, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024. A small train regularly carries jet fuel onto the Beale AFB complex. Regular jet fuel isn’t sufficient ...

That's because the Air Force had begun its testing of the U-2 aircraft. The U-2 can fly higher than 60,000 feet. At the time, normal airliners were flying in the 10,000 to 20,000 feet range.