The Lockheed U-2 'Dragon Lady' spy plane is famously one of the oldest aircraft types in service with theUnited States Air Force. The aircraft is a relic of the Cold War and first entered service in ...

The legendary Cold War-era Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady spyplane is getting a new lease on life as BAE Systems gives it an upgraded version of the AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System (ADS) to protect the ...

Watch the unique landing procedure of the legendary Lockheed U-2 spy plane. A chase car races behind the aircraft as it ...

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 ...

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Hear from the first Black woman to pilot the U-2 about how she overcame obstacles to make history, May 3 at 8 pm ET. Learn more: https://s.si.edu/40FsAZJ The path towards achieving your goal is not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Last month, the United States Air Force carried out a far from ...

The U.S. Air Force will showcase both a Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Lady" and a T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainer at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from July 21-27. The U-2's appearance marks its 70th ...

The U-2 is a single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Development began in 1954, and a prototype flew the following year. Lockheed built 49 aircraft in the initial configuration, but as ...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is designing a next-generation high-altitude, long-endurance surveillance airplane, known internally as RQ-X or UQ-2, as an optionally-manned successor to the U-2 and ...