U-2
Area 51: Origins
America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.
March 26, 2013 |
By Peter Merlin
Lin Xu’s Obsession
It started with a search for images of his hometown in China. Hundreds of miles of film later, he can't stop looking.
May 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
I Flew the U-2
One of Lockheed’s former chief test pilots for high altitude reconnaissance describes the joys and terrors of the U-2.
March 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
Dragon Lady: A Portrait Gallery
Once a top secret, the U-2 is one photogenic spyplane.
March 20, 2012 |
By Paul Hoversten
Head Skunk
Kelly Johnson was a giant in aircraft design. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we find out how his legend grew.
March 2010 |
By Peter Garrison
The U-Deuce
The secret to a spyplane's eternal youth is a new suite of gadgets installed on a classic chassis.
March 2005 |
By William E. Burrows
Alone and Unarmed
As unpiloted craft take over the reconnaissance mission, an intelligence insider looks back on the work that set recce pilots apart.
March 2000 |
By Dino A. Brugioni
That New Black Magic
In the early years of the cold war, enter Kelly Johnson and an clean sheet of paper--long enough to accommodate an 80-foot wingspan.
January 1999 |
By William E. Burrows
