Air Force delays U2 Retirement

The U2 is right up there with the B-52. There old but no one can make any better. If they think they can, it cost twice as much as the do.
 
Lockheed built the USAF a bunch of new U-2s in the 80's. They were called TR-1s, so that people would think they're new. They were eventually renamed U-2R and not too long ago were re-engined with the same engine as the F-117. This made an S model out of them.

The USAF volunteered them and the F-117 to the boneyard as a sacrifice under BRAC. Now, they're rethinking the U-2 part of it.
 
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