"STILL GOING STRONG -- When Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier first took off and landed the U-2 on the arid moonscape at Groom Lake on Aug. 1, 1955, he initiated the use of an airplane that has had several lives in service to the national defense. In fact, the retooled, redesigned, refitted version of the Cold Warrior U-2 is still flying missions daily a half-century later. The plane is projected to be in service until at least 2020." Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics 