The aircraft also carried four 23 mm cannon ... it is reported the Hungarians shot down a Soviet photo reconnaissance Il-28R on Nov. 8. Hungary had used the type as well in the uprising, bombing ...

US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin confirmed last week that the U-2 and other aircraft are taking part in surveillance missions.

Soviet aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan, one of the founders of the Mikoyan military aircraft design bureau later transformed into Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, was born on August 5 ...

the service fielded the cutting-edge aircraft in reconnaissance missions during the Vietnam War. The Blackbirds would subsequently be used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet ...

The Soviet MiG-25, which was first introduced in 1970, was built as a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. Due to the aircraft's large wings, the US assumed it was a highly ...