The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with ...

The U-2's old-style cameras still outperform other surveillance gear by delivering crisp images from above 70,000 feet The U-2 spy plane first became operational in 1956. Today the U.S. Air Force ...

The U-2 spy plane has been in service for more than 60 years and still flies missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. WSJ's Michael Phillips got a rare opportunity to fly to the edge of space and explore ...

On May 1, 1960, a U.S. U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, exposing a top-secret American surveillance program and escalating Cold War tensions. But what really happened, and how did it ...

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

An curved arrow pointing right. The U-2 Dragon Lady is a single engine spy plane capable of flying up to 475 MPH at an altitude of 70,000 feet. This is what it takes to service the plane every 7 ...

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 ...

First adopted by the Air Force in 1956, the U-2 quickly gained a reputation as the world’s most sophisticated spy plane, where pilots don special, astronaut-stye suits to operate at altitudes of ...

The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.

This particular Charger was used by the U.S. Air Force as a chase car for the legendary Lockheed U-2 spy plane, guiding it during take-offs and landings. Now, it’s up for auction. The spec of ...