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11 kwi 2024 · The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with its plan to retire the iconic U-2 Dragon Lady intelligence gathering aircraft. Despite the recent Elephant Walk, when eight U-2s of the 99th...
2 sie 2023 · DAYTON, Ohio— The Air Force plans to retire its U-2 Dragon Lady fleet in fiscal 2026—but until then, officials say they’re hard at work to keep the iconic high-altitude surveillance planes flying and testing out technology that may be used on future aircraft.
2 maj 2023 · The Air Force is forging ahead with its plan to retire the storied U-2 Dragon Lady spy aircraft in fiscal 2026, as part of a yearslong effort to reshape how the service surveils American...
4 cze 2024 · Members of Congress are moving to prevent the U.S. Air Force from retiring its fleet of iconic U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes. The Pentagon approved a waiver last year that had cleared the way for the service to begin divesting the high-flying Cold War-era jets, which The War Zone was first to report.
12 kwi 2024 · On Apr. 5, 2024, Beale Air Force Base (AFB) said goodbye to U-2 Dragon Lady Tail 80-1085 as she completed her final “fini” flight after nearly 40 years with the US Air Force (USAF). The base said in a post appeared on its social media;
7 lis 2023 · The U.S. Air Force’s proposed plans to retire all of its iconic U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes by 2026 have taken a major step forward with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s signing of a critical waiver to make the controversial move a reality.
9 lut 2024 · The DOD has told Congress that retirement of the U-2 fleet will save $600 million annually. Meanwhile, actions to retire the Dragon Lady fleet have already begun, although NASA wants to keep its two ER-2 research aircraft in service.
