Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. Cory is one of the most senior pilots at Beale Air Force Base, ...

Forbes writer Jim Clash en route to 70,000 feet in a U-2 spy plane, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024. It’s extremely rare for a civilian - even a journalist - to score an edge-of-space ride in the backseat ...

Two U-2 pilots, including a Wisconsin native, share rare insights on the legendary spy plane's enduring legacy and relevance in today's battlespace. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 drew a record-breaking ...

OSHKOSH – Francis Gary Powers Jr. will give a talk at 6 p.m. July 25 at the Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave. The library description states that for more than three decades Powers has ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - One of the most popular attractions at this year’s EAA AirVenture is the U-2, an aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force to conduct surveillance and gather intelligence from high ...

The U-2’s ability to reach 70,000 feet—an altitude that most modern fighter jets cannot match—came about after a series of ...

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 ...

Its pilot was killed. When Powers' plane was still in the air, another Soviet fighter pilot was ordered to intercept the U-2 in a factory-fresh Su-9 fighter carrying no weapons. The pilot was told to ...

Not many 70-year-olds can set endurance or distance records. But the U-2 spy plane did both on July 31. It took off from Beale Air Force Base in California and flew a zig-zag lap around the ...

Military airframer Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force (USAF) have completed the first flight of a U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance jet using an upgraded avionics package. Lockheed on 26 September said ...