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The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated since the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. [1]
Merryl Tengesdal (born 1971) [1] is an American retired career military officer who is the first and only Black woman [2] [3] to fly the United States Air Force's U-2 spy plane used for specialized high-altitude reconnaissance missions. [2]
The U-2, although slower than the SR-71, cost much less to operate and provided more "on-station" time. As intelligence collection increased throughout the 1980s, 99th U-2 pilots manned detachments at sites around the world. With the SR-71's retirement in 1990, the U-2 assumed responsibility for all of America's manned high-altitude reconnaissance.
Dragon Lady: The History of the U-2 Spyplane. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1989. ISBN 978-0879383930. Pocock, Chris. 50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the "Dragon Lady". Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2005. ISBN 978-0764323461.
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union.
Gaga and Michael have been dating since December 2019, and got together right around New Year's. Back in August 2021 (so, like, two full years ago), a source told Entertainment Tonight that the ...
AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System is a radar warning receiver and electronic countermeasures system manufactured by BAE Systems in Nashua, New Hampshire, for use on the U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragonlady reconnaissance aircraft.
Usha and JD share three children: Ewan Blaine, 7, Vivek, 4, and Mirabel Rose, 3. Ewan Blaine was born in June 2017. Vivek was born in February 2020.