Envisioned as a hypersonic, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft ... air and ground-to-air missiles had been fired at it in ...

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 stainless steel construction and Tumansky R-15B-300 engines, it could achieve ...

The idea for the SR-71 emerged when the CIA began to grow concerned about the increasing vulnerability of the U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude spy plane, according to the Smithsonian Institution.

Another long-serving U.S. military aircraft has completed its final operational deployment, with the return of the U.S.

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at ...

The plane, also known as the Dragon Lady, has been gathering high-altitude intelligence for more ... Forbes writer Jim Clash boarding a U-2 spy plane, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024.

The last EP-3E Aries II of VQ-1 "World Watchers" has completed its final operational mission and returned home. On Oct. 29, ...

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 ...

After nearly 70 years of service, the U.S. Air Force plans to begin divesting its fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes starting ... FY25” for the high-altitude plane before divesting in the ...

Tactical reconnaissance follows suit from its name. Tactical weapons, like cruise missiles or torpedoes, are primarily used ...

The F-117 Nighthawk was developed in response to the US' need for a jet that could operate completely undetected by the enemy.