Hmm, Thought satellites and drones took over manned flights long ago. Anyway weren't the original U-2's single seaters? Perhaps, they have been updated recently as this one had 2 seats.
On 16 Jan 2011, at 09:50, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
Do they (Air Force) fly these any more? Was it just the SR-71 that was taken out of service?
Actually I had thought that only NASA was still flying U-2s. But quoting Rob's email about the U-2, "It is flying more missions and longer missions than ever before, nearly 70 missions a month over Iraq and Afghanistan, an operational tempo that is unequaled in history".
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