U2 SPY PLANE {can't find sticky}
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I see this plane flying in CA all the time.
Only time I ever see a U2 on the map is in california.
There is also a Q4 out east
the drone? Those are rare.
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Link for the Q4. Just posted about it because I didn't see your comment. SO COOL!
First for me , thought it was maybe the holy grail of plane watching.
I mean I have always wondered what the fuck that u2 is doing though.
I think it might be spying.
It always goes a very similar route. What could they be looking for?
Kinda like the AWACs that fly out to the middle of no where and fly in a circle for 3 hours then go home.
Maybe just training?
Mom and dad must have gone away for the weekend and left the keys !
The last time I saw the route where this plane goes over every major city in CA was the day the Swallowell Bang Fang news came out.
Today's U2 is far different than Gary Power's ride in the Cold War when he was basically just taking pictures.
The U2 of today can still do that but also gather signals intelligence, think gathering all data going through cell phone towers.
In addition, the U2 can act as a battle space command center. It flies twice as high as fighter planes. From its perch high above it can scan the air space below to determine friendly and enemy aircraft and coordinate out of sight missile strikes and coordinate strategic approaches for the battle down below.
I suspect that when the U2 is flying over all of the major cites in Commiefornia, they are gathering signals intelligence on the Chicoms down below. The state has gone full commie. Can't believe they don't have a red flag by now.
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/u2-dragon-lady.html
The U2 is also the first US plane to fly with an "R2-D2" AI co-pilot. ARTU flew for the first time in December 2020. https://asiatimes.com/2020/12/air-force-u-2-flies-mission-with-r2-d2-like-ai-copilot/
Project Hunter: https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2017-09-13-Skunk-Works-Project-Hunter-Enables-Total-Battlespace-Awareness-At-Remote-Northern-Edge-Exercise
Linking the Battlefield: https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/11/how-lockheed-martin-trying-link-everything-battlefield/161355/
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2020/bridge-to-the-future.html
Currently 9 Lockheed L-182 / 282 / 382 (L-100) Hercules C130 over the USA> https://www.radarbox.com/flight/SCORE60
I did not know U2 had its own plane. /s Not a very good spy plane if it is on the radar. lol. I have no answer. But it is fun AF to find this kind of stuff.
For sure, I've only been watching on and off for about two months and today has been pretty good so far. there is 2 B52's and an U2 best watching I've seen yet
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The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and ~previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency~. It provides day and night, high-altitude, all-weather intelligence gathering.
Q4 flying out east