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 was short-lived, however, and the Blackbird fleet ... fulfill the CIA’s need for a new spy plane. The intelligence agency had been previously relying on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft ...

Known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, the manned jet will serve as quarterback to a fleet of future drone aircraft ...

but new satellite imagery shows that China is developing a huge nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that would rival the biggest vessel in the American fleet, five analysts told NBC News after ...

In the early 1960s, Charbatia Air Base transformed into a pivotal hub for the Aviation ... operating a fleet of American transport and light planes, discreetly supplied by the CIA.