Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the US Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady, a spy plane that flies so high, its pilot must wear a space suit. Voice, text and video editing belong to The ...
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Dragon Lady at Oshkosh: Exclusive U-2 Pilot Interviews Mark 70th Anniversary and Historic Homecoming
More recently, the U‑2 has been tested in multi-domain operations, integrating with cyber, space, and artificial intelligence platforms. Even as unmanned systems like the RQ‑4 Global Hawk have entered ...
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U.S. Air Force to Update U-2 Dragon Lady Defensive System
The iconic 70-year-old spy plane is receiving updates to its AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System. Despite ever changing plans to retire the type in the next few years, the U.S. Air Force's U-2 Dragon ...
The infamous U-2 spy plane has been a part of our collective psyche since May 1, 1960, when the Soviet Union shot one down while flying a reconnaissance mission over its airspace. This event, which ...
Flying from Beale AFB, a Lockheed U-2 aircraft, using the specially chosen callsign DRAGON 70, was heard communicating with ATC about a plan to set an endurance and altitude record for the ‘category ...
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