Few aircraft of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis are as iconic as the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane. It was the U-2 that took the photographs of the missiles in Cuba, which led to the ...

Dragon Lady Tail 80-1085 completed her final flight recently as the fleet prepares for retirement. The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with its plan to retire the iconic U-2 Dragon Lady intelligence ...

TheUnited States Air Forceoperates a mix of modern and legacy aircraft that are built for long endurance, high survivability, and strategic reconnaissance, many of which date back decades. Among these ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it first took to the skies in 1955, the Lockheed U-2, nicknamed the “Dragon Lady,” was like nothing that had flown before it. The spy plane was far from... Here’s What You Need to Know: No U-2 ...