When the U-2 first took off in 1955, no one dreamt that this unique reconnaissance aircraft would still be flying today. This book tells the long and amazing story of the U-2 from its earliest days overflying the Soviet Union, its missions over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, to its current missions over Afghanistan and Iraq. It also tells how the U-2 was updated over the years and led in the real-time reconnaissance revolution with data links and high-tech sensors.