How Many U-2 Spy Planes Were Built?

Many of the aircraft that lived to retirement are now on display both in the US and in Europe. The Lockheed U-2 was a black ...
The Cold War on MSN

The U-2 spy plane incident - Gary Powers shot down

In 1960, a secret American U-2 flight over Soviet airspace ended in disaster. Pilot Gary Powers was shot down, captured, and thrust into the center of a Cold War showdown.
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U.S. Navy Conducts First Shipborne Launch of LUCAS One-Way Attack Drone

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the ...
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The jet that outran its era and changed flight forever

The jet that outran its era did more than set speed records; it rewrote the rules of how humans could move, spy and survive ...