Carrier trials for the U-2R took place aboard the USS America in 1969. Lockheed test pilot Bill Park said that “the airplane demonstrated good wave-off characteristics, and I felt at the time that ...

The U-2, although not typically conceived as a tool relevant to such domestic policies, has been a part of the effort to stem ...

The Navy made significant modifications to the U-2 to enhance the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier.

With the launch of its new website, the CIA Museum is bringing its sprawling collection of spy artifacts out of the shadows and into the public eye ...

The Cold War, a decades-long geopolitical standoff between United States and the Soviet Union, is one of the most defining ...

In 1985, an ailing solar observation satellite in orbit over 300 miles above the Earth was the target of a United States Air ...

The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America’s fastest manned aircraft—ever. While almost everyone has heard of the American-made F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II platforms, many are ...

It’s latest edition is the U-2S developed in 2012. Francis Gary Powers, pilot of the USA U-2 spy plane which crashed in Russia, May 1960,. Picture: Keystone/Getty Images In 1960, there was an ...

and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his ...

US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin confirmed last week that the U-2 and other aircraft are taking part in ...

The Boeing E-3B Sentry, dubbed 'America's ultimate spy plane,' left Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma Thursday around 7am ET. The plane flew off the coast of North Carolina, where it made two ...