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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.