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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: Petronski

Highly modified and updated. Not the original plane beyond the basic airframe.


61 posted on 06/22/2005 5:08:38 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: Destro

Retired due to age and operating cost.


62 posted on 06/22/2005 5:09:28 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: need_a_screen_name

Here is a picture of the Aurora.


63 posted on 06/22/2005 5:11:14 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Here is a picture of the Aurora.

Truly a stealth aircraft...

64 posted on 06/22/2005 5:13:02 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Retired due to age and operating cost.

Couldn't they apply that to Ted Kennedy?

65 posted on 06/22/2005 5:13:42 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: Servant of the 9
The planes are all over 40 years old, closer to 50.

our B52's and our nuclear missles are also a half century old. When we go to war with communist china, we will be fighting with equipment that will be 70 years old.

66 posted on 06/22/2005 5:15:24 AM PDT by SandyB
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To: beavus

SR71 at Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham too.


67 posted on 06/22/2005 5:16:11 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
I hate you.

It's okay though because today I hate everyone.

68 posted on 06/22/2005 5:16:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Republican Party is the France of politics.)
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To: SlowBoat407

It's a beauty isn't it.


69 posted on 06/22/2005 5:16:50 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: SlowBoat407

If most the people of Mass weren't brain dead, Kennedy would be retired.


70 posted on 06/22/2005 5:17:38 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: Lazamataz

I love you.

What are you wearing?


71 posted on 06/22/2005 5:18:45 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: Conspiracy Guy; Petronski; kristinn
Highly modified and updated. Not the original plane beyond the basic airframe.

I recall hearing on a documentary on the Discovery Wings channel that there was an additional production run in the late 1970's.

72 posted on 06/22/2005 5:20:32 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Yes all the original birds are retired.


73 posted on 06/22/2005 5:25:43 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
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To: Lokibob
At least you did not claim that the U2 had been renamed the BONO. lol
74 posted on 06/22/2005 5:30:26 AM PDT by verity (Big Dick Durbin is still a POS)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
What are you wearing?

A suit made out of the skin of my last 25 cannibalism victims.


75 posted on 06/22/2005 5:34:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Republican Party is the France of politics.)
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To: kristinn
I thought we retired U2's, because it was better performed by spy satellites? Shows how much I know.
76 posted on 06/22/2005 5:36:02 AM PDT by TheForceOfOne (My tagline is currently being blocked by Congressional filibuster for being to harsh.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Alabama must secretly be building their fleet - there's one at a military museum in Mobile too!


77 posted on 06/22/2005 5:36:23 AM PDT by Turbopilot (Viva la Reagan Revolucion!)
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To: Lazamataz

It puts the lotion on its skin... it does this whenever its told. It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. Sigh... memories.


78 posted on 06/22/2005 5:40:23 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: mysto

Damn... talk about living in excess. I know U2 made a lot of money over the years, but enough to own a spy plane. Sheesh.

:)


79 posted on 06/22/2005 5:41:52 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Servant of the 9

I have heard that, at altitude, a U-2s stall speed and structural failure are only a few mph apart...


80 posted on 06/22/2005 5:44:36 AM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
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