The A-12 Oxcart at Area 51 Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the testing ground for the United States’…
The U-2 The U-2 is still considered today to be one of the most technologically advanced aircraft ever built. Since its primary role was strategic reconnaissance, its development in 1954…
Who could blame Vito, when approaching Moscow for the first time, felt his throat dry. Consequently, he reached into his pocket for a cough drop, but instead, he took out…
The US Air Force (USAF) retired its fleet of SR-71s on January 26, 1990, although the U-2 is still in use today Before Gary Power’s U-2 was shot down, development…
‘He started to suck on it. Luckily, he realized his mistake in a split second and spit it out in horror before it could take effect. Had he bit down,…
On the radio, Kelly Johnson instructed Tony LeVier on how to land the U-2 front wheel first during the maiden flight at the Ranch In Lockheed’s “Skunk Works” in Burbank,…
The contrasting versions about Skunk Works’ beginnings On paper, the specifications for the spy plane that could capture incredibly clear pictures from 70,000 feet seemed like pure fantasy. A Mach-3…
The contract for the first six U-2s the CIA bought is the subject of an urban legend David Peters, an SR 71 pilot, was accepted into the program in 1976…
A flaw was found in the batch of suits NASA was producing for the pilots before the launch of Columbia on the first shuttle mission (STS-1). Since 1941, the David…
Francis Gary Powers was supposed to have been killed and his aircraft destroyed when he failed to finish his mission. As a result, the U.S. concocted a cover story about…