The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed " Dragon Lady ", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated since the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (above 70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. [1]

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U-2侦察机（英文：U-2 reconnaissance airplane，编号：U-2，代号/绰号：Dragon Lady，译文：蛟龙夫人，通称：洛克希德U-2），是 美国空军 一型单座单发高空侦察机。 U-2侦察机被设计用于高空执行全天候侦察任务，在和平时期、危机、小规模冲突和战争中为决策者提供重要情报。 此外亦用于电子感应器研发、确认卫星资料和校准。 虽然首飞已经六十多年，但U-2仍然活跃于前线 [1]。 U-2侦察机由美国 洛克希德公司 （Lockheed）研制，于1955年8月秘密完成首飞，1956 …

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2020年9月24日 · Beginning Aug. 4, 1959, the CIA conducted a series of U-2 missions over North Vietnam that provided the first confirmed evidence of the communist country’s airfield construction and other military activities.

The U-2 is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude/near space reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft which delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence to decision makers throughout all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and …

Why is the U-2 the hardest plane to fly? The Dragon Lady was specifically designed for extreme altitude and flight longevity, sacrificing tricycle type landing gear for a bicycle-type, and poor handling at low-altitude, as well as poor forward visibility.

Working under the cloak of secrecy in the famed Skunk Works® division, Johnson envisioned a light high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying above the reach of Soviet anti-aircraft fire. The U-2 borrowed its sleek looks from the profile of a traditional sailplane.

The U-2 was designed and built for surveillance missions in the thin atmosphere above 55,000 feet. An unusual single-engine aircraft with sailplane-like wings, it was the product of a team headed by Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson at Lockheed's "Skunk Works" in Burbank, California.

The U-2 was designed and built for surveillance missions in the thin atmosphere above 55,000 feet. An unusual single-engine aircraft with sailplane-like wings, it was the product of a team headed by Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson at Lockheed’s Skunk Works in Burbank, California.