Footage of a United States U-2 spy plane that captured imagery of the Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the ...

Not many 70-year-olds can set endurance or distance records. But the U-2 spy plane did both on July 31. It took off from Beale Air Force Base in California and flew a zig-zag lap around the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Today, there are more than 30 U-2s in operational service filling a wider variety of roles than ever. In the later years of the Cold... When it first took to the ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the most legendary aircraft in aviation history - capable of flying at altitudes few machines ...

There is a saying attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte which says, "an army marches on its stomach." In contemporary society, so do pilots, and those who fly the U-2 Spy Plane require a unique method to ...

The U.S. Air Force conducted a record-breaking 14-hour, 6,000 nautical mile flight of a two-seat U-2 spy plane (TU-2S) across the contiguous United States. This historic journey, the longest single ...

A few years ago, I visited Beale AFB near Sacramento, California, for a series of Forbes stories about operations there (links below). The military base is home to the venerable U-2 and a fleet of ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's air defenses have forced an approaching U.S. spy plane and a reconnaissance drone to change course near its air space over the past six months, a military official was quoted ...

U-2 pilots conducted a total of 102 overflights of the People’s Republic of China from 1962 to 1968. The fastest aircraft to ever roam the skies may surprise you. While newer fighter jets like the U.S ...