NATO aircraft have frequently circled the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Long before the SR-71 Blackbird captured the world’s imagination, its secret predecessor, the A-12 Oxcart, flew faster and ...

Russia's Murmansk region, close to NATO member Finland, hosts several naval and airbases, and is home to a significant chunk ...

Flight data map shows the aircraft's mission near Iran just weeks after Israeli and U.S. attacks on its nuclear program ...

The last parts of a spy plane that collided with a Chinese fighter three months ago are headed back to the U.S. Tuesday. Recovery of American Spy Plan Begins in China A Russian cargo plane arrived ...

U-2 planes have been flown by the United States and other nations for more than 60 years, as both a spy plane and an instrument of science. They key to the aircraft's longevity is its robust and ...

In 2020, the Baltimore Police Department had an aerial surveillance plane that could supposedly photograph and track every person in public view. Benjamin Snyder’s Spy Plane reveals what ...

Storm-chasing NASA pilots recently spent weeks flying an aircraft not unlike a spy plane directly into thunderstorms in an effort to gain new insights about lightning and severe weather. Lightning ...

It makes sense that a spy plane works well as a science plane. After all, part of the reason why the U-2 is still in Air Force service 67 years after its first flight is due to its adaptability.

There’s a spy plane flying over Denison, eighty miles north of Dallas. With wings nearly as long as a Boeing 737 and a huge turboprop engine, it resembles a dragonfly that just swallowed a beetle.

In regards to Marshall Bell’s commentary, “Don’t call it a spy plane” (Oct. 21), I’m not sure what else you’d call a government plane that flies over every 15 minutes, surreptitiously ...

U-2 planes have been flown by the United States and other nations for more than 60 years, as both a spy plane and an instrument of science. They key to the aircraft's longevity is its robust and ...