Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US is flying U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes on patrol missions around the southern border. The top Air Force officer confirmed ...

Flying from Beale AFB, a Lockheed U-2 aircraft, using the specially chosen callsign DRAGON 70, was heard communicating with ATC about a plan to set an endurance and altitude record for the ‘category ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady became one of the most extreme aircraft ever built after flying reconnaissance missions at altitudes ...

The carrier-based U-2 concept was workable, but it never gained much momentum. This article is the second in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the CIA’s ambitious project to reformat a U-2 ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (EAA) - As provided to Action 2 News: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 will feature one of the most popular intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, as the United States ...

The US Air Force celebrated the 70th anniversary of the famous U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane on July 31, 2025 – not with a cake but by setting new endurance records for the class of aircraft on the first ...

80-1099 was photographed in flight for the first time in 17 years after being heavily damaged in a hydrazine fire in 2008. Aviation enthusiasts captured the aircraft in flight from Palmdale Airport, ...

The Lockheed U-2 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever devised. In the mid-1950s, when commercial aircraft were flying at 35,000 feet and jet fighters could maybe push 60,000 feet, the U-2 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The US military has its high-altitude U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes and other reconnaissance aircraft ...