The intense pre-flight ritual of the Dragon Lady's aircrew.

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Forbes journalist Jim Clash training for his U-2 flight, Beale AFB, near Sacramento, ...

The Lockheed U-2 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever devised. In the mid-1950s, when commercial aircraft were flying at 35,000 feet and jet fighters could maybe push 60,000 feet, the U-2 ...

Despite being one of the oldest aircraft still flying in U.S. service, the U-2 remains relevant enough for Skunk Works to seek a qualified pilot in Palmdale. Skunk Works, the legendary Lockheed Martin ...

The legendary Cold War-era Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady spyplane is getting a new lease on life as BAE Systems gives it an upgraded version of the AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System (ADS) to protect the ...

The U-2 costs more and more to fly, is extremely demanding of its pilots, and is no longer essential for intelligence collection with the advent of drones and satellites. The U-2 Dragon Lady is ...