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U2 Spy Plane Crashes (June, '05)
The New York Times ^ | Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Posted on 06/21/2005 9:40:49 PM PDT by kristinn

WASHINGTON, June 21 - A U-2 spy plane crashed Tuesday night in Southwest Asia, the Defense Department announced, specifying an area where American aircraft support missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The crash is the first of a U-2 in that region. Military officials who have been briefed on the crash said early indications were that the plane crashed on landing at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, its home base. The were no indications of hostile fire, they said.

The cause of the crash and status of the pilot are not known, the Pentagon said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: planecrash; southwestasia; spyplane; u2; uae
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To: kristinn

If this plane is in China, I hope Bush wont wimp out like he did back in 2001, and go in and get the crew (alive or dead) and retrieve the tapes, and destroy the rest. Do not let anything fall into the hands of our Chinese enemy.


21 posted on 06/21/2005 10:15:47 PM PDT by montag813
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To: kristinn
The U2:

Anyone have a pic of the Aurora? ;-)

22 posted on 06/21/2005 10:17:52 PM PDT by need_a_screen_name
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To: montag813

According to the article, the plane is reported to have crashed a long way from China.


23 posted on 06/21/2005 10:21:37 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: need_a_screen_name


24 posted on 06/21/2005 10:23:39 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (;-)
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To: minus_273

I thought the U-2 is now called the TR-1.


25 posted on 06/21/2005 10:26:02 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Pray for us all.)
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To: kristinn; All
This is probably the same crash I posted a prayer thread for earlier but was pulled for "loose lips."

If it is, I'm sad to report that the pilot's wife has reported that her husband's body has been recovered. If you were part of that prayer thread, could you please inform your ping lists and thank them for their prayers.

26 posted on 06/21/2005 10:28:27 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (A lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.)
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To: Texas Eagle

So sorry to hear this Texas Eagle.


27 posted on 06/21/2005 10:30:07 PM PDT by fatima
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To: CJ Wolf

Wow! Cool...


28 posted on 06/21/2005 10:30:38 PM PDT by need_a_screen_name
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To: EternalVigilance
Don't know if it's still there, but there was a retired Blackbird sitting on the tarmac at the museum at Offut Air Base in Bellevue, Nebraska a couple years back when I was there. Walked around it, touched it...one of the most amazing aircraft in history, IMO.

You should see what they replaced it with!

30 posted on 06/21/2005 10:37:16 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Ronin


They fly out of Beale Air Force Base in Northern California. I know several of the pilots - they are brave souls.


31 posted on 06/21/2005 10:37:53 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
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To: Aeronaut

Ping...


32 posted on 06/21/2005 10:39:35 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
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To: Ronin

U2s have been revamped, up-engined and a wider camera bay added, Ronin.

Their classification is now TR-1.

Jack.


33 posted on 06/21/2005 10:45:23 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Jack Deth

I just sent out an few emails to the guys I know in the 9th Recon unit.

I'll update the thread if/when I hear anything.




Prayers....


Dasher


34 posted on 06/21/2005 10:46:25 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
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To: HiJinx

In the 1990's the rumor was aurora was going to put these old spy planes out of business. Whatever happened to that project?


35 posted on 06/21/2005 10:47:44 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: EternalVigilance

I saw one fly ( the SR-71 ) a few years ago at Edwards...


36 posted on 06/21/2005 10:52:52 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Wow!

They're incredible. I really hated to see them retired.


37 posted on 06/21/2005 10:54:14 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Nice 'til I'm not.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

NASA still uses the SR-71 out of Edwards.

Or at least, they did until recently.

A friend of mine used to be a Flight Engineer on the SR-71 with NASA. She is the woman with the most supersonic time in world. Pretty cool distinction.

dd


38 posted on 06/21/2005 10:58:20 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
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To: kristinn
Never got to see an SR-71 fly but did see U-2's on a number of occations.
39 posted on 06/21/2005 11:04:26 PM PDT by fso301
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To: kristinn

The military idiot that is for retireing the U2 and/or Warthog.. should be pistol whipped and then fired.. and then kicked in the butt..


40 posted on 06/21/2005 11:07:28 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been ok'ed me to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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