The U-2 spy plane outlasted the Cold War, outlived its successor and proved crucial a half-century ago when two superpowers were on the brink of nuclear war, NBC News reports.
But defense cuts now threaten to knock the high-flying reconnaissance aircraft out of the sky.
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