The Aviationist
  • Home
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Contacts
  • Advertise with us
News Ticker
  • May 23, 2023 B-1B Lancer Bombers Return To RAF Fairford For Bomber Task Force Military Aviation
  • May 23, 2023 Airshow At Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Displays Finale For 305th AMW’s KC-10s Airshows
  • May 22, 2023 F-117 Stealth Jets (Fitted With Radar Reflectors) In New Photos From Alaska Exercise Military Aviation
  • May 22, 2023 What We Know So Far About The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Platform Military Aviation
  • May 19, 2023 Incredible Photo Of An F-35C Flying Low Level With Visible Shock Waves Military Aviation
HomeU-2 Dragon Lady

U-2 Dragon Lady

U-2 Miramar
Airshows

U-2 Dragon Lady Thrills Miramar Crowd with ‘Touch And Go’ During Display

September 27, 2022 Tom Demerly

U-2 Pilot Wearing High Altitude Pressure Suit Made Approaches with McLaren Chase Car. While appearances of the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft have become more common at western U.S. airshows, it’s still a little unusual […]

U-2 take off video
Military Aviation

What This Video Of Five Different U-2 Take-Offs Tells About The Iconic ‘Dragon Lady’ Spyplane

April 18, 2022 David Cenciotti

Let’s have a look at this interesting video of five U-2 Dragon Lady take offs in different configurations and weather conditions. Based at Beale Air Force Base, California, home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, but […]

Northern Edge 21
Military Aviation

Northern Edge 21 Wraps Up Achieving Important Testing Goals Of New Capabilities For The Joint Forces

May 25, 2021 Stefano D'Urso

The high-end realistic scenario of Northern Edge 21 allowed testers to assess the behaviour of new systems and upgrades before their fielding to frontline units. Northern Edge 21, the premier bi-annual joint exercise of the […]

Military Aviation

Awesome Video (With Radio Talkdown) Shows U-2 Dragon Lady Recovering Into RAF Fairford

July 27, 2020 David Cenciotti

An interesting look at the peculiar landing procedure of the U-2 Dragon Lady. The video below shows a U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady, radio callsign “FORTH 01” recovering at RAF Fairford, that has hosted a […]

Military Aviation

We Tell You The Story Behind This Extremely Rare Two-Ship U-2 Dragon Lady Formation Flight

November 18, 2019 David Cenciotti

The rare formation is also known as “The Double Deuce.” The majority of the strategic ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) platforms operate as single-ships: the “recce” aircraft is launched from its homebase (or from a forward […]

Posts navigation

1 2 »

Stay connected

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • flickr
  • pinterest
  • youtube
  • instagram
  • linkedin

Categories

Archives

Latest Posts

  • B-1B Lancer
    B-1B Lancer Bombers Return To RAF Fairford For Bomber Task Force
    May 23, 2023 David Cenciotti
  • KC-10
    Airshow At Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Displays Finale For 305th AMW’s KC-10s
    May 23, 2023 Howard German
  • F-117
    F-117 Stealth Jets (Fitted With Radar Reflectors) In New Photos From Alaska Exercise
    May 22, 2023 David Cenciotti

The Aviationist patch

Send us an email at sales@theaviationist.com if you want to support this site buying the original TheAviationist.com patch, only available through this website!

Patch on velcro.

YT
FB Page
FB Page
Links
  • Military Aviation
  • Stealth Black Hawk
  • Radioactive Flight Instruments
  • Oceanic 815
  • NH-90 Crash
  • F-35
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
Contents of this blog/website may not be used without author's prior written permission. All rights reserved.