There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake ...

Using a retrofitted U2 spy plane to get a better look at these storms ... Subscribe to our newsletter and stay ahead with the ...

First adopted by the Air Force in 1956, the U-2 quickly gained a reputation as the world’s most sophisticated spy plane ... four trainer aircraft. The latest military news and entertainment ...

Fox-body Ford Mustangs and a whole crop of high-performers from GM have served the US Air Force over the years, helping land the legendary U-2 spy plane. Typically, aircraft deploy their landing ...

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 ...

It’s extremely rare for a civilian - even a journalist - to score an edge-of-space ride in the backseat of a U-2 spy plane. So-called DV (distinguished visitor) flights are mainly reserved for ...

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

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 ...

The Soviet MiG-25 "Foxbat" was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With ...

Official documents record a dialogue between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. after a U.S. spy plane goes down in ... As previously announced, it was known that a U-2 plane was missing.