but its legacy influenced future unmanned aerial surveillance technologies. On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a CIA U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. It was an ...

Ukraine's security agency said it thwarted a Russian spy network from collecting intelligence on aviation facilities for ...

The engine and research behind it are part of China's quest to build fast reconnaissance aircraft similar to the America's legendary Lockheed Martin SR-71 'Blackbird'. Capable of flying at the speed ...

The spy plane then flew south of the inter-Korean ... for collecting data on ballistic missiles, in preparation for future North Korean weapon tests.

These planes apparently fly in counter-clockwise patterns spanning several miles, and they stay roughly one mile above ground. The spy planes can be used to track suspects from the sky ...

Fox-body Ford Mustangs and a whole crop of high-performers from GM have served the US Air Force over the years, helping land the legendary U-2 spy plane. Typically, aircraft deploy their landing ...

The U-2's old-style cameras still outperform other surveillance gear by delivering crisp images from above 70,000 feet The U-2 spy plane first became operational in 1956. Today the U.S. Air Force ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: But in 2007, the Kremlin all but confirmed the historians’ claim. Col. Aleksandr. Drobyshevsky, the chief spokesman of the Russian air force, confirmed in ...