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 ...

The Lockheed U-2 'Dragon Lady' spy plane is famously one of the oldest aircraft types in service with theUnited States Air Force. The aircraft is a relic of the Cold War and first entered service in ...

A Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft made a rare dusk approach into RAF Fairford under the callsign BLACK01. The ...

At the 2025 Royal International Air Tattoo, US aircraft like the B-1B and U-2 showcased American airpower and diplomacy, possibly marking the U-2’s final appearance before retirement. The Royal Air ...

80-1099 was photographed in flight for the first time in 17 years after being heavily damaged in a hydrazine fire in 2008. Aviation enthusiasts captured the aircraft in flight from Palmdale Airport, ...

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 ...

Seventy years after the Lockheed Martin U-2 spyplane made its first flight, the distinctive high-altitude jet has set a new endurance record for the type. A two-seat TU-2S trainer variant of the U-2 ...

Two of the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) distinctive high-altitude spyplanes made a rare public appearance at a UK air show over the weekend. The Lockheed Martin U-2S Dragon Lady jets participated in the ...

The U-2’s retirement is driven by a complex interplay of operational costs, concerns about its performance in contested airspace, and a strategic pivot towards unmanned and space-based systems. The ...

Taking Women’s History Month by flight, Lt.Col. Merryl Tengesdal is the first African-American woman who is qualified to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady plane. Known as the hardest aircraft to fly, Tengesdal ...