U 2 Spy Plane Pilot Lives On The Edge

Beale Air Force Base, located in California, is home to the U2. This aircraft was originally designed to fly highaltitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions during the Cold War to gather intelligence on enemies. Today, the U2S flies in support of a variety of missions from ground combat to disaster relief. The U2S is a singleseat, singleengine, highaltitude, near space reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft providing signals, imagery, and electronic measurements and signature i