[SZonian]

FTA: "The administration says it can fix this problem by transferring imaging sensors currently carried on U-2 to the Global Hawk fleet. That’s only partly true, because the drone will still provide less payload and power,...

The GH still can't carry as many different ISR payloads as the U2, so it can't be diverted to perform another type of mission while in flight. This is one notable weakness in the platform and the other is that it is not until it is near the end of its mission profile that it is able to achieve near to maximum ceiling.

This administration is evil...eliminating the U-2 prior to having a legitimate replacement is criminal...the law even "says so", yet this administration, as has been shown, is "above the law".

[Blood of Tyrants]

Obama is trying to cripple US military power because he believes it just isn’t fair that the US is a superpower and other countries aren’t.

[Timber Rattler]

So how many times has the U-2 been formally retired now? Six or seven?

[NonValueAdded]

Is there a drone variant of J-STARS? Seems like J-STARS would be more effective than an U-2.

[grammar police please note, does not “an” seem awkward in front of that vowel?]

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

"eliminating the U-2 prior to having a legitimate replacement is criminal

What about the Aurora? Wasn't existence of that aircraft accidentally made public in an unclassifed Congressional report?

[PATRIOT1876]

The civilized world is not safe until every single member of ISIS is dead.