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A Taiwanese U-2 pilot flamed out at 70,000 feet and made a rough night landing at a remote Colorado airport
Major Hsi-Chon Hua, a U-2 pilot belonging to Taiwan’s Nationalist Chinese Air Force (NCAF), flamed out at 70,000 feet and glided to a rough...
The U-2 decompression sickness cases increased after the end of the Cold War
The U-2 cruises at 70,000 feet, or at least twice the height of a typical passenger jet. The sky is dark during the day,...
Carmine Vito was the only U-2 pilot to fly over Moscow
Several MiG fighters scrambled to intercept him, too. As with previous flights, the intercepts failed. Soviet fighters could not approach the altitude needed to...
Beale retires TU-2S #1065, the Dragon Lady that served for 40 years
Beale retires TU-2S #1065
Beale Air Force Base (AFB) bid farewell to TU-2S Dragon Lady tail number 1065 on January 11, 2024, as she concluded...
CIA stored in boxes A-12 spy planes to Area 51 to keep the Oxcart project a secret
The A-12 Oxcart at Area 51
Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the testing...