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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...

Bomber types. that way when they go out they have the best intel, best information about where they are and obviously do what needs to be done. >> reporter: the u-2 can fly extremely high, more than 70,000 feet, and get pictures and other information to forces on the ground very fast. it's a cold war era plane flying since the 1950s but its cameras and sensors have been completely upgraded. with its many technological upgrades, the dragon lady remains one of america's main assets in the information gathering effort against isis but of course, intelligence gathering happens on many levels and m...

These highly secretive missions that have a clear objective one of the pilots tells me. >> with the u2, we are able to get out there, find those guy, track them. give that information back to the bomber type so that way when they go out there they have the best intelli, the best information about where they are and obviously do what needs to be done. >> reporter: the u2 can fly extremely high, more than 70,000 feet and give pictures and other information to forces on the ground very fast. it's a cold war era plane flying since the 1950s, but its cameras and sensors have been completely upgrade...

Asian leaders looking for reassurance if those phone calls. thank you very much for walking us through. >> my pleasure. having a plane flying at 75 feet above the earth is helping to smoke isis out of its hiding spots down here. that's after this. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever?

>> all right. chad, thank you very much. i'm sure that chris is heeding your warning. now, we want to bring in richard henning a meteorologist and flight director from noaa's hurricane hunters and believe it or not we're joining him at 45,000 feet up in the sky. richard, are you in a plane flying into the storm? >> yes, good morning. can you hear me? >> i can, richard. what are you seeing? >> good morning to everyone. good morning to all of your viewers. i'm talking to you from a gulf stream jet flying at 45,000 feet. eight-hour mission where we're sampling the environment around the storm a...