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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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)
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
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
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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.)
To: SlowBoat407
69
posted on
06/22/2005 5:16:50 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
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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
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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
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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!)
To: Paleo Conservative
Yes all the original birds are retired.
73
posted on
06/22/2005 5:25:43 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
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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)
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.)
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.)
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!)
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.
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.
:)
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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