OSHKOSH, Wis. (EAA) - As provided to Action 2 News: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 will feature one of the most popular intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, as the United States ...
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70,000ft U-2 missions and 90,000ft Mach 3 plans: The first steps toward the Blackbird
CIA U-2 overflights turned the aircraft into America’s eyes over the USSR, operating around 70,000FT, but planners knew the advantage would not last. Clarence “Kelly” Johnson began sketching what came ...
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Flying from Beale AFB, a Lockheed U-2 aircraft, using the specially chosen callsign DRAGON 70, was heard communicating with ATC about a plan to set an endurance and altitude record for the ‘category ...
The US Air Force celebrated the 70th anniversary of the famous U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane on July 31, 2025 – not with a cake but by setting new endurance records for the class of aircraft on the first ...
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