"CIA's A-12 represents a pioneering achievement in ... A pair of S-75/SA-2 SAM sites launched no less than six missiles at the spy plane, which was reportedly flying with a speed of Mach 3.1 ...

A 16-ton CIA spy plane crashed in Death Valley in 1952, where it remains to this day. You can hike out and see it, but it is ...

Skunk works department of Lockheed, tasked with black projects throughout the cold war, was already working on A-12. This was a project financed by that shady CIA money and made to replace U-2 ...

This article is the first in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the CIA’s ambitious project to reformat a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane for aircraft carrier use. The second article ...

This article is the second in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the CIA’s ambitious project to reformat a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane for aircraft carrier use. The first article was ...