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 ...

Nearly half a century ago, the SR-71 Blackbird set the record for highest sustained flight and fastest manned aircraft, and as of 2024 these world ... the U-2 Dragon Lady as its primary spy ...

In a groundbreaking test, the U.S. military’s U-2 spy plane successfully transmitted real-time target information to F-22 and ...

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 ...

Yet, an operational version of the plane never went into production, as world events and a shifting ... On May 1st, 1960 the Soviet Union shot down a U-2 spy plane over the USSR with its S-75 ...

The U-2 remains in service and is now one of the oldest aircraft in active Air Force service. Even in the modern world of ...

Nicholas Priest) The B-1 owns its existence indirectly to the shooting down over the Soviet Union of the U-2 spy plane piloted by ... Afghanistan and all over the world however prompted President ...

The aircraft, later developed into the legendary Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, was initially built for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) which wanted an invulnerable reconnaissance aircraft to replace ...

The U-2 remains in service and is now one of the oldest aircraft in active Air Force service. Even in the modern world of advanced satellites and stealth spy drones, the U-2 continues to fly its ...

It began after World War II and continued until 1991 ... learn about top-secret reconnaissance missions conducted by U-2 spy planes and more. From the bricks of the Berlin Wall to Russian missile ...