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U-2: the US intelligence services' "prying" eye for 50 years

Washington, USA – The Dragonlady to stay still in service to face the new geostrategic challenges

US Air Force, Pentagon and the American intelligence services are celebrating 50 years operating for the Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragonlady spying plane. It deals with an important aircraft in the history of USA’s military aviation and which proved very precious both during the Cold War and the last 15 years, providing relevant information for the management of Washington’s global strategical policy. It...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 125050
Rome, Italy, 08/09/2005 12:22
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