U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing was assigned to the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron during the Vietnam War.

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of ...

Inside the Cockpit U-2 pilots fly a quirky old spy plane to the edge of space, the highest person on Earth every time they go to work. Nobody to help them if something goes wrong. It’s a life ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: James Bond is not the only spy with odd gadgets. The U-2 spy plane of Gary Powers fame is infamous for how tricky it is to fly.... Here’s What You Need to ...

The U-2 spy plane is an engineering marvel, but it can't land on its own. This is the complicated process pilots have to go through to bring the plane down safely. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook ...

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane ...

On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a CIA U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. It was an international crisis for America’s intelligence agencies. A planned summit ...

The fighter pilot was just watching the midday ... than 300 times to intercept Russian military aircraft. The frequency with which Russian spy planes appear over Rostock-Laage has also increased ...

First adopted by the Air Force in 1956, the U-2 quickly gained a reputation as the world’s most sophisticated spy plane, where pilots don special, astronaut-stye suits to operate at altitudes of ...

A Black Hawk helicopter and passenger jet collided near Reagan Airport, sparking intense online speculation and conspiracy ...