Sunday With Blackthorn - The U-2 Spyplane, Still In Service After 7 Decades

 It's hard to believe, but since it's introduction in 1956, the U-2 is still operational and considered a viable surveillance asset in the 21st century. Improvements have been made in both the airframe, engines and the surveillance gear, and for now it looks as though the u-2 is not going anywhere.

I'm sure you guys will enjoy the article.

The U-2 Spy Plane Is Still Flying Combat Missions 60 Years After Its Debut

Watch a video of our flight above 70,000 feet to learn why America’s oldest working spy plane is still in action

 

 U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers, shown in this undated photo, was shot down in a U-2 plane while on a mission over the Soviet Union in 1960, thrusting the then-secretive plane into the international spotlight.Photo: Allied Museum/Associated Press

 

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-2-spy-plane-still-flying-combat-missions-60-years-after-debut-1528382700