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 ...

Forbes writer Jim Clash being strapped in to a U-2 spy plane, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024. A small train regularly carries jet fuel onto the Beale AFB complex. Regular jet fuel isn’t sufficient ...

It’s extremely rare for a civilian - even a journalist - to score an edge-of-space ride in the backseat of a U-2 spy plane. So-called DV (distinguished visitor) flights are mainly reserved for ...

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 ...

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 ...

As previously announced, it was known that a U-2 plane was missing. As a result of the inquiry ordered by the President it has been established that insofar as the authorities in Washington are ...

These professionals make sure all aircraft egress systems at Beale are properly functioning. "We inspect and maintain around 40 egress systems from U-2s, TU-2s, and T-38s," said Staff Sgt.

The E-2C Hawkeye is the U.S. Navy’s primary carrier-based airborne early warning and command and control aircraft. The twin turboprop Hawkeye shares its basic airframe with the C-2 Greyhound but ...

When David Lance Goines died last year at 77, his influence on the Bay Area’s visual identity was unquestioned. One obituary noted that “[his] fine arts posters became emblematic of numerous Berkeley ...

Documents seen by i suggest that RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire could become a base for the Pentagon’s state-of-the-art reconnaissance ... being used by U-2 aircraft to conduct reconnaissance ...

It featured a 65,000-ton flush deck without an island to accommodate larger aircraft ... U.S. Navy really dodged a torpedo-sized bullet. The flush flight deck carrier wasn't a step forward. Art ...

Forecasters discovered its advanced strength only when a hurricane hunter aircraft penetrated the storm’s core. "Even our most state-of-the art ... as a Category 2 or 3 hurricane before striking ...