Spy Planes

HAVE CARGO Captive Flight Tests, Phase III, Volume IV – August 1974

The document titled HAVE CARGO Captive Flight Tests, Phase III, Volume IV is a formerly classified report produced by the…

November 25, 2024

The U-2 Program

Background The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and…

May 9, 2017

Project Whale Tale – Launching the U-2 from an Aircraft Carrier

Background In the 1960s, U-2s could not reach certain remote targets because political difficulties prevented basing the aircraft in some…

August 14, 2016