spy plane

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The U.S. sent a P-8A Poseidon spy plane but elected not to send a destroyer as it had in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The aircraft serves as an early warning and control asset - or spy plane - and is identifiable by the sizeable radar system on its fuselage.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

He was that Francis Gary Powers, the Air Force officer piloting a U2 spy plane that the Russians shot down in 1960.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

The best known is NASA's ER-2, a derivative of the U-2 spy plane with a tiny fuselage and gangling, oversized wings.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023

With powerful jet engines and a wingspan longer than its fuselage, the spy plane was "part jet, part glider," according to Powers.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau