A pilot guides a U-2 Dragon Lady across the air field in front of deployed E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft April 24, en route to a mission in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility from a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. The pilot and the U-2 are with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron and the E-3 Setrys are with the 965th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, both units of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. Through the first three months of 2010, U-2's from the 99th ERS flew nearly 200 missions in support of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements for deployed forces supporting operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
Date Taken: | 04.24.2010 |
Date Posted: | 04.29.2010 02:28 |
Photo ID: | 274224 |
VIRIN: | 100424-F-9429S-055 |
Resolution: | 3195x2100 |
Size: | 2.33 MB |
Location: | (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION) |
Web Views: | 66 |
Downloads: | 21 |
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