High-flying U-2 'Dragon Lady' spy planes and other recon aircraft are doing border security as Trump cracks down
US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin confirmed last week that the U-2 and other aircraft are taking part in ...
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The U-2 Spy Plane Is Patrolling the Southern Border
The U-2, although not typically conceived as a tool relevant to such domestic policies, has been a part of the effort to stem ...
YouTuber flies secret U2 spy plane 70,000ft high to reach ‘coffin corner’ on edge of space
A YouTuber and former United States Air Force veteran flew a secret US spy plane to a staggering 70,000 feet and ended up on ...
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U-2 Incident
Official documents record a dialogue between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. after a U.S. spy plane ... down in the Soviet Union. As previously announced, it was known that a U-2 plane was missing.
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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and ... for a new spy plane. The intelligence agency had been previously relying on the U-2 Dragon Lady ...
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The U-2 spy plane lands with a "controlled crash" every time
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 ...
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US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border
One nearly six-hour flight on February 3 was conducted by a U-2 spy plane, one of the US military’s most venerated reconnaissance aircraft, designed during the Cold War for collecting high-altitude ...
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The U-2 Spy Plane Is Patrolling the Southern Border
The continental deployment of the U-2 represents a stark departure from the historic use of the aircraft, which was once relied upon to spy on enemy territory—most notably the Soviet Union and Cuba.