Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US is flying U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes on patrol missions around the southern border. The top Air Force officer confirmed ...

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 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 ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady's history has been turbulent. This spy plane was so secret, it was commissioned not by the Air Force, but by the CIA. See how this plane has become one of the most reliable aerial ...

I saw a U-2 Dragon Lady once, in flight, descending slowly on the final approach. I felt fortunate; the U-2 is an exceedingly rare plane. Only 104 have ever been built, and only thirty-three are still ...

Inside Look is a Sacramento Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. It’s been seven years since Beale Air Force Base, home ...

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 ...

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — On the evening of July 31, a TU-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing took off from Beale Air Force Base to begin a flight unlike any the U-2 airframe ...

The Royal International Air Tattoo delighted crowds with an incredible number of modern aircraft, including for the first time the RAF E-7 Wedgetail AEW1. The latest in the series of Airborne Early ...

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