Flying from Beale AFB, a Lockheed U-2 aircraft, using the specially chosen callsign DRAGON 70, was heard communicating with ATC about a plan to set an endurance and altitude record for the ‘category ...

The US is flying U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes on patrol missions around the southern border. The top Air Force officer confirmed the involvement of the aircraft last Friday. The U-2 planes join other ...

Seventy years after the Lockheed Martin U-2 spyplane made its first flight, the distinctive high-altitude jet has set a new endurance record for the type. A two-seat TU-2S trainer variant of the U-2 ...

On a more positive note, the U-2 also showed that the Soviets had been playing a fantastic game of bluff that made the world believe that a handful of bombers and temperamental missiles were a vast ...

80-1099 was photographed in flight for the first time in 17 years after being heavily damaged in a hydrazine fire in 2008. Aviation enthusiasts captured the aircraft in flight from Palmdale Airport, ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the most consequential planes ever built. Unfortunately, it’s also notoriously difficult to fly. Throughout the Cold War and post-Cold War eras of accelerated aerospace ...

For most people today, the "Dragon Lady" more than likely conjures up images of Daenerys Targaryen from the hit HBO fantasy series, "Game of Thrones." But long before that show ever aired, and even ...

A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) solicited on Sept. 15 ...