The A-12 Oxcart, developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works for the CIA in the early 1960s, was the single-seat, Mach 3.29 (at 90,000 feet) precursor to the USAF’s more famous SR-71 Blackbird. -While both ...

After becoming a stage sensation in France, the American-born Josephine Baker undertook espionage for the Allies in World War ...