Blackbird Airpark

Lockheed U-2D (56-6721, Article 388) with Pratt & Whitney J57 engine. Nicknamed “Dragon Lady” the U-2 is a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft which first flew in August 1955. In October 1957 this example, the 48th U-2 airframe built (as a U-2A model) was delivered to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas.

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