U-2,Dragon Lady, silhouette
U-2,Dragon Lady, silhouette
Tue, Oct 23 2012
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Silhouette of the Dragon Lady 1957 to 2012, 55 years and still going strong.
The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, very high-altitude (70,000 feet / 21,000 m), all-weather intelligence gathering.The aircraft is also used for electronic sensor research and development, satellite calibration, and satellite data validation.