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Two U-2s touch down in Cyprus: U.S. moving spyplanes closer to Syria

August 29, 2013 Richard Clements

Journalist Andrew Potter based near the British air base at Akrotiri, Cyprus, reported (via Twitter) that two U-2 spyplanes arrived there in the afternoon of Aug. 29. One U-2 had left RAF Fairford early in […]