U-2ドラゴンレディ：見た目は黒いグライダーみたいな高高度偵察機

FILE PHOTO — The U-2 provides continuous day or night, high-altitude, all-weather, stand-off surveillance of an area in direct support of U.S. and allied ground and air forces. It provides critical intelligence to decision makers through all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and warnings, crises, low-intensity conflict and large-scale hostilities.The U-2 is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude, reconnaissance aircraft. Long, wide, straight wings give the U-2 glider-like characteristics. It can carry a variety of sensors and cameras, is an extremely reliable reconnaissance aircraft, and enjoys a high mission completion rate. Because of its high altitude mission, the pilot must wear a full pressure suit. The U-2 is capable of collecting multi-sensor photo, electro-optic, infrared and radar imagery, as well as performing other types of reconnaissance functions. (Air Force photo)

FILE PHOTO — An Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady flies a training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rose Reynolds)

A U- 2 Dragon Lady approaches an altitude near 70,000 ft. above California, Mar. 23, 2016. The pilot must wear a full-pressure suit similar to NASA astronaut suits. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo)

A U-2 Dragon Lady flies over the airfield at Beale Air Force Base, California, April 12, 2018. The U-2 was making a pass over to indicate the flight path for a practice formation demonstration with two T-38 talonss for the Beale Air & Space Expo scheduled April 28. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff. Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan)

Airmen provide intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance Capt. Peter J. Gryn signals that all systems are good from his U-2 Oct. 4, 2009, prior to his first combat mission. He’s deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)

Airmen provide intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance Airmen quickly remove the final pins from a U-2 before a flight Oct. 4, 2009. The sortie was Capt. Peter J. Gryn’s first combat mission. The U-2 is the primary source of high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Captain Gryn is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)

Soaring to altitude during exercise Northern Edge A U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., departs the runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 3, 2017 during Exercise Northern Edge. Northern Edge is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all services, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units?are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Gordinier)

U-2 A U-2S from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., prepares to land at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, June 9, 2015. U-2S pilots have a small margin of space to effectively land the plane without causing damage to the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jarad A. Denton)

AI Copilot: Air Force achieves first military flight with artificial intelligence A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing prepares to land at Beale Air Force, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020. This flight marks a major leap forward for national defense as artificial intelligence took flight aboard a military aircraft for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense. The AI algorithm, developed by Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory, trained the AI to execute specific in-flight tasks that would otherwise be done by the pilot. The flight was part of a specifically constructed scenario pitting the AI against another dynamic computer algorithm in order to prove both the new technology capability, and its ability to work in coordination with a human. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez)

Patriot Files: on final approach Airmen push down on the wing of a U-2 after its landing at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, June 9, 2015. If the aircraft lands slightly off balance, it has the potential to tilt to one side or another. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jarad A. Denton)

U-2 maintainers boast streaking hot record Senior Airman Jordan Mihm installs a pogo wheel onto the wing of a U-2 “Dragon Lady” that landed at a forward-deployed location. The wheels support the plane’s long wings as it taxis. Airman Mihm is assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Leonhard)

190709-F-XK483-1189 A U-2 Dragon Lady sits in a hangar prepared for flight July 9, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The U-2 flies to heights greater than 70,000 feet using sensors and cameras to gather intelligence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury)

100 combat missions Maj. William Gottenberg, a pilot with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, taxies a U-2 Dragon Lady in after completing his 100th U-2 combat mission from a base in Southwest Asia March 9, 2010. Major Gottenberg is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

U-2 Pilot Final Flight in UAE Capt. Jon, a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot lands on the runway during his final flight with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 12, 2017. The U-2 brings versatile high altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr)

191031-F-BN304-0028 A U-2 Dragon Lady pilot poses for a portrait inside a pressure suit at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 31, 2019. Pilots who fly into the rim of the atmosphere require a specialized and custom suit fit to their measurements to keep their bodies at a normal altitude while reaching extreme elevations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

AI Copilot: Air Force achieves first military flight with artificial intelligence Maj. “Vudu”, a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, prepares to taxi after returning from a training sortie at Beale Air Force, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020. This flight marks a major leap forward for national defense as artificial intelligence took flight aboard a military aircraft for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense. The AI algorithm, developed by Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory, trained the AI to execute specific in-flight tasks that would otherwise be done by the pilot. The flight was part of a specifically constructed scenario pitting the AI against another dynamic computer algorithm in order to prove both the new technology capability, and its ability to work in coordination with a human. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez)

Beale’s Bovines enjoy our Reconnaissance A U-2 Dragon Lady performs a touch and go Dec. 7, 2018 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The U-2 is provides high-altitude Reconnaissance to commanders allowing them to make better warfighting decisions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan D. Viglianco)

EC01-0232-6 Lockheed ER-2 #809 high altitude research aircraft in flight. August 1, 2001 NASA Photo / Lori Losey