In 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the only man in history to survive an SR-71 Blackbird disintegrating around ...

In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird flying at 83,000 feet over the Soviet Kola Peninsula lost both Pratt & Whitney J58 engines ...

The capital of the U.S. is filled with museums -- many of them free to visit as they're part of the Smithsonian. It's no wonder these places are so popular.

It’s a rare opportunity indeed to take a flight to above 70,000 feet. It’s even rarer to do that in the venerable U-2 spy ...

Ordinary jet fuel would boil and combust inside the Blackbird’s fuel tanks—meaning the aircraft must use a special fuel blend ...

If you’re out of work and happen to be looking for a career change, Lockheed Martin is hiring. The only catch is, you have to be a highly skilled airplane pilot who enjoys dancing with death. That’s ...

NASHVILLE—The Army’s next-generation spy plane will begin flight tests this summer, then be delivered to the first units later this year—two years after the Army awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation $1 ...

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 ...

The US Navy has confirmed the loss of its first-ever MQ-4C spy drone, which costs roughly $240 million. A new Navy mishap report said the drone crashed earlier in April during the US-Iran war. An ...

A UPS cargo jet aborted its landing Tuesday at a Kentucky airport to avoid another aircraft on the runway, according to reports about a close call at the same airport where a deadly crash occurred ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington emergency crews responded to a small plane that went down Thursday afternoon. The Lexington Fire Department says crews responded for an Aircraft Alert in a field near ...