National Interest on MSN
A U-2 Spy Plane On an Aircraft Carrier? The CIA Tried It Once
The Navy made significant modifications to the U-2 to enhance the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier.
While the Air Force has planned to retire the Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance plane next year, a number of ...
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 ...
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40,000 Feet in 150 Seconds: The British Jet That Could Catch a U-2 Spy Plane
Designed in the late 1940s, the English Electric Lightning was a jet so powerful it could climb to 40,000 feet in under 150 ...
After some confusion over whether a Soviet-era spy plane caused delays at a number of airports across the U.S. last week, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the U-2 plane was, indeed, ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Air Force has confirmed a military plane has crashed north of Sacramento. The U2 plane was with the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, east of Yuba City. The ...
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