Student Pilot's Last U-2 Dragon Lady Training Flight

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A USAF student U-2 Dragon Lady pilot conducts last training flight before becoming an official U-2 pilot with the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, California.

The U-2 is a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft which delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence to decision makers throughout all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and warnings, low-intensity conflict, and large-scale hostilities.

In order to both achieve flight and land, U-2s are trailed by chase car drivers that mobilize at high speeds and communicate via radio to safeguard the aircraft by radioing altitude and runway alignments during take-offs and landings.

U.S. Air Force video by
SSgt. Frederick A. Brown
October 17, 2024

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