There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake ...

USAF pilot Jethro (front) and Forbes writer Jim Clash breathing 100% oxygen before boarding a U-2 ... [+] for their edge-of-space flight, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024. Blood boils at around 60,000 ...

Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, qualified to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady. The U-2 Dragon Lady is known as the hardest aircraft to fly in the world, it has been a host to less ...

When US Air Force pilot Lt. Col. "Jethro" first learned about the U-2, he was determined to get into the highly selective training program. Piloting the vaunted "Dragon Lady" meant flying "single ...

U-2 pilot Cory greets Forbes writer Jim Clash following Clash’s edge-of-space flight, Beale AFB, August 21, 2024. Forbes writer Jim Clash being strapped in to a U-2 spy plane, Beale AFB ...

As reconnaissance needs evolve with advanced satellites, the SR-72's speed and optional pilot feature could offer unmatched ...

Working with liquid oxygen is vital for U-2 pilots and the mission ... is called Aviator's Breathing Oxygen (ABO), it's a pilot's main source of air at altitudes exceeding 10,000 feet.

In August 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. On Aug. 19, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. This Cold War saga had all the elements of a ...

Pilot Powers, about whose fate the Embassy of ... 1960 I have made some notes from which I want to talk to you about this U-2 incident. A full statement about this matter has been made by the ...

A Marine investigation blamed the pilot of an advanced fighter jet for ejecting from the aircraft when he didn’t need to, ...

Rodriguez talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the empathy she has for her U.S. Army helicopter pilot in Taylor Sheridan's ...