U-2 Reconnaissance Aircraft at Osan

The U-2 Dragonlady is a reconnaissance aircraft that takes pictures of the earth while flying twice as high as your typical commercial airliner. Air Force Sergeant Brent Skeen found out that the pilots of the U-2 face many challenges, and rely on Airmen on the ground in two important ways.

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[LOCKHEED2011]

i love u-2s, i live 15 miles from beale afb. i love watching them do touch and gos.

[HawkKI4HEE]

Great Video...made me remember my days as a Blackcat in the 80's..."We get it up higher & keep it up longer" Is Oscar still leaving "gifts" on the Commanders desk?

[chocolateadonis1987]

Got Pontiac G8s now..LOL those camaros got fired..

[aminosc]

What a work horse. They used to fly over the south, Mississippi and south Carolina all the time(1990's). Think they flew out of meridian, ms.

[finnwesjohn]

thatd be cool to be the camaro guy

[brulez96]

@HawkKI4HEE haha nope he is leaving them behind the wood shed now lol haha he's now major oscar..

[bronx021387]

good times as a blackcat... 2007-2008

[declencc]

The "Black Cat" graph was designed by Chinese Air Force 35th squadron that works under USA and Taiwan goverment corporation in 1960's for spy actions.

[ALB437]

High resolution images, just to remain on the safe side!

[jbird0168]

U-2s are cool. I'm just surprised that the USAF would keep around an aircraft that is so labor intensive, when it comes to weight, balance, and pogo issues.

[ottosoft]

I flew CH-47's at Camp Humphrey's and was in the 271st Avn Co (Innkeepers). Once, a U-2 made an emergency landing at Camp Humphrey's. The Inkeepers CH-47's were pulled from the hanger so the U-2 could be kept secure until it could be repaired and flown back to Osan.

[daflyinhawaiian2]

This was my last aircraft I worked on in my 20 year military career. I was at Beale AFB CA. 99th RS 1997-1999 It brought back a lot of memories. I was E&E but spent lots of time in the POGO truck at PSAB and Istres Airbase.