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Video by Staff Sgt. Frederick Brown

Student U-2 Dragon Lady pilot conducts their last training flight

9th Reconnaissance Wing

Oct. 17, 2024 | 3:18

A B-Roll package of a student U-2 Dragon Lady pilot conducting their last training flight before becoming an official U-2 pilot with the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, California, Oct. 17, 2024. The U-2 is a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft which delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence to decision makers throughout all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and warnings, low-intensity conflict, and large-scale hostilities. In order to both achieve flight and land, U-2’s are trailed by chase car drivers that mobilize at high speeds and communicate via radio to safeguard the aircraft by radioing altitude and runway alignments during take-offs and landings. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Frederick A. Brown)