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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 ...
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The U-2 flight that almost triggered World War 3
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, one American reconnaissance flight nearly ignited a global catastrophe. U-2 pilot Charles W. Maultsby was flying a classified mission near the North Pole as ...
The U-2’s ability to reach 70,000 feet—an altitude that most modern fighter jets cannot match—came about after a series of remarkable design innovations. The Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady routinely ...
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