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Skunk Works Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Innovation and Secrecy

June 14, 2018 Tom Demerly

Lockheed Advanced Development Program Subverted Normal Channels On The Way to Innovation. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, the F-104 Starfighter, the U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird and the D-21 supersonic drone, the F-117 Stealth […]

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Check Out These Amazing Photos Taken By A U-2 Pilot At The Edge Of Space

February 24, 2018 David Cenciotti

This is the panorama you get from the cockpit of a legendary U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. Ross Franquemont is a U-2 pilot and instructor at the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, based at Beale Air Force Base, […]

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What’s this new camera installed on a U-2 spyplane spotted at Palmdale?

September 17, 2015 David Cenciotti

While Lockheed Martin works on its  stealthy replacement, looks like the U-2 is still being modified. Lockheed Martin has just revelead the “TR-X” a Skunk Works proposal for the next generation, all-new stealthy spyplane to […]

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“Several U-2 spyplanes shooed away by our missile systems” Iran says

December 23, 2014 David Cenciotti

According to a senior Iranian commander, several reconnaissance aircraft, including some U-2 spyplanes, have been frighten away by Tehran air defenses as they flew close to Iran’s airspace. On Dec. 22, General Shahrokh Shahram, Lieutenant […]

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The Story Of The First U-2 Spy Missions Over Soviet Union

February 27, 2014 Richard Clements

U-2 operations in Europe in 1950s. According to documents released last year, the first four “Dragon Lady” planes destined to launch spy missions over Soviet Union were deployed to RAF Lakenheath on Apr. 29, 1956 […]

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