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U-2 spy plane captured stunning image of Chinese surveillance balloon

Footage of a United States U-2 spy plane that captured imagery of the Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the ...
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Watch this US spy plane climb to 70,000 feet above Earth - what the pilot sees is insane

The U-2 spy plane climbs to around 70,000 feet, more than twice the altitude where most passenger jets cruise. Wearing a full ...

NASA’s ‘Dragon Lady’ is uncovering how wildfires create storms

NASA is using a modified version of the U-2 spy plane, created during the Cold War, to study one of Earth’s least understood ...
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NASA is flying a modified U-2 spy plane to study how wildfires can create storms

(CNN) — NASA is using a modified version of the U-2 spy plane, created during the Cold War, to study one of Earth’s least understood weather phenomena: wildfire generated storms. The jet, which NASA ...
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Pilot error blamed for fatal California U2 spy plane crash

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