Stunning footage. Pilot interviews. Plenty of information.
Have a look at the following short documentary about the U-2 Dragon Lady, just released by Beale Air Force Base that explains why the legendary spyplane, already flying surveillance missions all around the world, has evolved.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
“Powers Down” is a tribute to Francis Gary Powers, the late U-2 pilot recipient of the Intelligence Star, by rock band One Man Mambo. During the late 50s, with the approval of Pakistani Government, U.S. […]
Let’s talk about the mysterious flying wing aircraft that flew over the Philippines a few days ago. On Sept. 2, 2021, at 06.15AM LT, Michael Fugnit took a photo of a rather mysterious aircraft at […]
Taken on the day of the alleged Mayan Apocalypse Dec. 21, 2012, the following cool photo shows pilots preparing the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon jet at Beale Air Force Base, California. […]