Envisioned as a hypersonic, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft ... air and ground-to-air missiles had been fired at it in ...

The Soviet MiG-25 "Foxbat" was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With ...

Another long-serving U.S. military aircraft has completed its final operational deployment, with the return of the U.S.

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at ...

The plane, also known as the Dragon Lady, has been gathering high-altitude intelligence for more ... Forbes writer Jim Clash boarding a U-2 spy plane, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024.

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 ...

The last EP-3E Aries II of VQ-1 "World Watchers" has completed its final operational mission and returned home. On Oct. 29, ...

From the years when it was operational to today, the SR-71 Blackbird has retained the title of the fastest aircraft ever made ...

The SR-71 Blackbird was a groundbreaking aircraft that demonstrated unmatched speed that outran missiles through sheer power.

The F-117 Nighthawk was developed in response to the US' need for a jet that could operate completely undetected by the enemy.