The Lockheed U-2 was built to slip above hostile airspace, not to make pilots look good in the traffic pattern. Its long, glider-like wings and spindly landing gear that work so well at the edge of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 remarkable design innovations. The Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady routinely ...