US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin confirmed last week that the U-2 and other aircraft are taking part in ...
Modifications were made to make the U-2 lighter and optimized for high-altitude flight. The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed the Dragon Lady, is among the few aircraft of the United States Air Force that ...
Discover the story behind the plane that changed surveillance forever and earned a mythical place in aviation history.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) built the facility in 1955 to develop the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. Because the U-2 project was a secret, it couldn’t be tested at existing Air ...