@My beautiful almost perfect daughter, Mom said she would let you know when Beale Air Force base went into act
ion as the planes move out first to give cover...the past week training has been going on day and night with different jets.Today there is an article saying U.S. may rely on U-2s longer than expected as it is much cheaper than the unmanned Global Hawk (its home bace is here at Beale also).
Today the U-2 is flying more missions and is involved in more operations than ever, said Staff Sgt. Heidi Davis, and Air force spokeswoman. the U-2supports the boots on the ground using various sensors and cameras to relay information to the requesting war fighting units," She said. "Specific missions conducted by the u-2 will not be discussed due to operation security."
Most of the U-2's capabilities are classified, but analyst say its newest sensors enable the U-2 to listen inon cellphones and radio conversations and pinpoint the location of the caller on the ground.Some can even smell the air and sniff out chemical plumes emanating from a potential underground nuclear labatory.
The U-2, nicknamed the Dragon Lady, has been successful spying on other conutries, but not because of it's stealty- countries often know that it'sflying overhead at more thean 70,000feet. At that hight, few countries have the capability to blast it out of the sky. but, it can happen. the Powell incident proved that.
the U-2 Piolot must,like astronuts, don a 35 pound yellow pressure suit to protect themselves from rapid decompression at igh altitudes. It helps stop nitrogen from forming bubbles in their blood and bringing on decpmpression sickness, know as "the bends". to eat, they ingest meals like chicken a la king anf beef gravu in tubes through their space suits.
Pilots are trained at Beale Air force Base where the U-2s are based. typically each year 18 new pilots go through a 10 month coure. At the same base, the Airforce is training about 60 new Global Hawk pilots a year. they might want to start training more U-2 pilotssaid Loren Thomas, a defense policy analyst with the Lexington Instute.
Today the U-2 is flying more missions and is involved in more operations than ever, said Staff Sgt. Heidi Davis, and Air force spokeswoman. the U-2supports the boots on the ground using various sensors and cameras to relay information to the requesting war fighting units," She said. "Specific missions conducted by the u-2 will not be discussed due to operation security."
Most of the U-2's capabilities are classified, but analyst say its newest sensors enable the U-2 to listen inon cellphones and radio conversations and pinpoint the location of the caller on the ground.Some can even smell the air and sniff out chemical plumes emanating from a potential underground nuclear labatory.
The U-2, nicknamed the Dragon Lady, has been successful spying on other conutries, but not because of it's stealty- countries often know that it'sflying overhead at more thean 70,000feet. At that hight, few countries have the capability to blast it out of the sky. but, it can happen. the Powell incident proved that.
the U-2 Piolot must,like astronuts, don a 35 pound yellow pressure suit to protect themselves from rapid decompression at igh altitudes. It helps stop nitrogen from forming bubbles in their blood and bringing on decpmpression sickness, know as "the bends". to eat, they ingest meals like chicken a la king anf beef gravu in tubes through their space suits.
Pilots are trained at Beale Air force Base where the U-2s are based. typically each year 18 new pilots go through a 10 month coure. At the same base, the Airforce is training about 60 new Global Hawk pilots a year. they might want to start training more U-2 pilotssaid Loren Thomas, a defense policy analyst with the Lexington Instute.
what? both of you mom/daughter are now agents?