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 ...

NAPLES, Italy — Navy fighter jets recently intercepted a Russian spy plane flying near an aircraft carrier ordered to the Middle East to support U.S. military strikes against Iranian-backed ...

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 ...