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US Air Force: U-2 in pension?
Washington, Usa - All grounded within 2011
It isn’t still official, but it seems that spy aircraft Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragonlady (see AVIONEWS) retire; the measure is part of resolution about quadrennial review that Pentagon will diffuse in the next weeks. The "Dragonlady" main character during the Cool War, after 50 years of honoured work, may be put on ground from 2007 till 2011, when all fleet, with 33 airplanes, will be no operative....
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 134172
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency