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BYJessica Evans

Jun 8, 2023


A guide to military aviation and warfare

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and appreciate the incredible advancements we’ve achieved in military aviation.

military aviation

BYJessica Evans

Jun 8, 2023

BYOrvelin Valle

Apr 16, 2022


Watch this U-2 spy plane get torn down in 2 minutes

The iconic U-2 spy plane debuted in 1955, and it’s still deployable thanks to a meticulous inspection called the Programmed Depot Maintenance every 4,700 flight hours. This incredibly complex process requires technicians to disassemble a…

Air Force photo

BYOrvelin Valle

Apr 16, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 10, 2022


Today in military history: Captured U-2 pilot exchanged for Soviet spy

On Feb. 10, 1962, U.S. Spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was exchanged for a Russian spy during one of a tense period in the Cold War. In the late…

Today in military history: Captured U-2 pilot exchanged for Soviet spy

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 10, 2022

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020


Here’s what it takes to fly the U-2 spy plane

When an Air Force major called J.J. completed a solo flight in the U-2 in late August 2016 — 60 years after the high-flying aircraft was introduced — he became

Air Force photo

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

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