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Monday, March 28, 2011
After five decades, the U-2 is still flying high
The Air Force is breathing new life into an old Cold Warrior — the iconic U-2 spy plane — to meet the need for battlefield surveillance in Afghanistan.
The Air Force had intended this year to ground the U-2, famed for flying over the Soviet Union to hunt for ballistic missiles in the 1950s and '60s.
But there have been delays in the development of the drone aircraft that is to succeed the U-2 and the demand for images on what's happening on the battlefield is a top concern, the military says.
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