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The U-2: The High-Flier That Keeps on Giving

Marvelous plane...


The U-2S is the most capable and reliable high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform compared to any system flying today – manned or unmanned, lockheedmartin.com reports.


While early models of the U-2 began service in the mid-1950s, production of today’s U-2S fleet was completed in the late 1980s, and is capable of delivering unparalleled performance beyond 2050 as the next generation of an American icon, the developer of the marvelous high flier that keeps on giving added.

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