Spy aircraft typically have the highest operational ceiling, although these values, and often the aircraft themselves, are classified.

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 ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was one of the most extraordinary aircraft ever to take to the skies. The plane was a long-range ...

When it comes to military aircraft, the roar of powerful fighters and the might of heavy bombers tend to dominate. But high ...

New Zealand’s military said a surveillance aircraft observed what it suspected was North Korea breaking international sanctions in a “possible ship-to-ship transfer of illicit goods”, while conducting ...

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 ...

MILWAUKEE – When a pitcher has lit up the radar gun at 104.3 mph in a postseason game, a 102.7 mph fastball in April might seem relatively pedestrian. But for Jacob Misiorowski, it was something never ...

According to the source, the aircraft took off from an airfield in Romania’s Constanta, crossing areas monitored by Romanian and Bulgarian air traffic controllers MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. An American ...

One day after a small plane crashed into a parking lot near Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, residents there are calling for the airport to close, citing safety threats to the neighborhood. The small ...

Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other ...