U-2 Dragon Lady News

U-2 exceeds 25,000th hour of flight

Posted at: Tue Oct 20th, 2009

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U-2 aircraft No. 068-0337 was accepted by Air Force officials in 1968, and exceeded the 25,000th hour of flight Oct. 18, 2009, in a mission out of Southwest Asia. 

Chief of staff visits Beale: "U-2 a national treasure"

Posted at: Tue Aug 25th, 2009

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., (AFNS) -- Deployment lengths, force-shaping efforts and emerging unmanned aircraft missions were some of the topics on the minds of Beale Airmen during the visit by the Air Force chief of staff here Aug. 21. 

U-2 Pilot Joins Elite - Reaches 2000 Flying Hours

Posted at: Tue Jan 13th, 2009

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Thomas Ryan of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here has just reached 2,000 flying hours, a rare milestone in the career of a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot.