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Space suits. here's an incredible firsthand look how they gather intelligence. >> fighting isis in a space suit. we can only identify the pilot by his first name, captain steven and by his call sign, meathead. he's about to embark on a high altitude reconnaissance mission in a u2 spy plane. we were given rare access to the preparation and launch and landing of one of these highly secretive missions that have a clear objective one of the pilot's tell me. >> we're able to get out there and find the guys and track them and get that back to the fighter types and bomber types so they have the best ...

In a spy plane. we were given rare access to the launch and landing of the highly secretive missions that have a clear objective, one of the pilots tells me. >> we can find those guys and track them and get back to the fighter types. when they go out, they have the best intel and information about where they are and obviously do what needs to be done. >> reporter: the u-2 can fly high. more than 70,000 feet and get pictures to forces on the ground fast. it is a cold war era plane flying since the '50s, but it has been upgraded. with the upgrades, the u-2 dragon lady is the main asset in the in...

It is a highly secretive aerial spying program targeting isis. the mission, to gain information on their leadership and installations. the pilots are flying at altitudes so high they have to actually wear space suits. here's more from cnn's senior international correspondent frederick pleitgen. >> reporter: fighting isis in a space suit. we can only identify the pilot by his first name, captain steven, and by his call sign, meathead. he's about to embark on a high altitude reconnaissance mission in a u-2 spy plane. we were given rare access to the preparations, launch and landing of one of the...

>> if these guys were sent out to kill these journalists and these police officers by aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen, what does this mean? >> this is a very sophisticated, professional assassination or professional execution, if you will. we've seen a lot of lone wolf attacks and they call it the radicalized individuals. this one seems to be well thought out in advance, very professional and a well thought-out execution that took place. and so that signals to me it's not someone over the internet getting radicalized, but rather one of these foreign fighter types, wofrl,lf that...