Pentagon To Fund Three More Years of U-2 Operations
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Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon is, once again, reversing its own position on which platform to use for its high-altitude reconnaissance mission—the venerable U-2 or the new Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has directed the service to restart modest funding not only for...
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