"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 ...

If a 16-ton CIA spy aircraft crashes into a mountainside amidst the pure-black inky darkness of night in Death Valley, does it make a sound? Over 70 years ago a mayday call came across the ...

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 ...