A USAF U-2 flying in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, on March 23, 2016 (Photo: Defense Visual ...

The US is flying U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes on patrol missions around the southern border. The top Air Force officer confirmed the involvement of the aircraft last Friday. The U-2 planes join other ...

You don't hear much about it, but the U.S. Air Force has been flying an aircraft that made its first flight in 1955. The U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the longest-serving aircraft in the U.S. inventory, ...

The flight over the 48 contiguous states came just days after the U-2 Dragon Lady was the star of the show at the 2025 Royal International Air Tattoo. Last week, a Lockheed TU-2S Dragon Lady took part ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady, one of the most famous warplanes in history, isn't just hard to fly; it's brutal to land as well. Designed to soar at 70,000 feet and gather intelligence from miles above, the ...

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 ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady has been flying at the edge of space since the 1950s—and it’s still not done. Designed at the height of the Cold War, this high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft has outlasted spy ...

While the Air Force has planned to retire the Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance plane next year, a number of ...

Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation as we explore the history, capabilities, and unique operations of the U-2 Dragon Lady, America’s legendary high-altitude spy plane. Voice, text and video editing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Beale Air Force Base said ...

The Navy made significant modifications to the U-2 to enhance the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier. This article is the first in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the ...

The U.S. Air Force conducted a record-breaking 14-hour, 6,000 nautical mile flight of a two-seat U-2 spy plane (TU-2S) across the contiguous United States. This historic journey, the longest single ...