US EditionU.S. Air Force completes historic 14-Hour, 6,000-nautical mile U-2 Dragon Lady flight
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In 2014, the US Air Force was considering retiring its U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane after sixty years of service in favor of the RQ-4 Global Hawk HALE [High Altitude Long Endurance] drone. At the time, it was also reported that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division was working on... This article, The US U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane broke an endurance record for its 70th birthday, first appeared on Zone Militaire.
U.S. Air Force completes historic 14-Hour, 6,000-nautical mile U-2 Dragon Lady flight
Seventy years after the U-2’s unintentional maiden flight by Tony LeVier in 1955, the Dragon Lady once again pushed its boundaries in a demonstration of endurance and technical capability. The U-2, a Cold War icon, remains crucial to high-altitude reconnaissance missions and continues to play vital roles in disaster response and search-and-rescue operations. “This flight is historic, and it is fitting that it was planned and flown by aircrew fro…
U.S. Air Force Confirms TU-2S Dragon Lady Broke Endurance Records
The historic flight, which was 11 years in the making, saw the TU-2 flying longer than 14 hours and traveling over 6,000 NM across all 48 contiguous states of the U.S. On Aug. 1, 2025, we reported about a Lockheed U-2 aircraft which was heard communicating to air traffic control about the intention to break […] The post U.S. Air Force Confirms TU-2S Dragon Lady Broke Endurance Records appeared first on The Aviationist.
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