ʻO ka mokulele kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka Air Force, ʻo ka U-2 Dragon Lady, i lele koke aku nei i kāna huakaʻi kiʻi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hope loa ma Bill Air Force Base.
E like me ka wehewehe ʻana o 2nd. ʻO Lieutenant Hailey M. Toledo, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs, ma ka ʻatikala "End of an Era: U-2s on Last OBC Mission," e lawe ka misionari OBC i nā kiʻi kiʻekiʻe i ke ao a e hoʻololi i ka mua o ke kākoʻo Ua hoʻolakoʻia ka wahi kaua e ka National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.ʻO kēia neʻeʻana e hiki ai i ka mea hana ke hoʻohui i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni kokoke i ka hōʻiliʻili reconnaissance e pono ai no ka misionari.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adam Marigliani, Collins Aerospace Engineering Support Specialist: "Ke pani nei kēia hanana i kahi mokuna mau makahiki i ka Bill Air Force Base a me ka hoʻoili ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a wehe i kahi mokuna hou i ka honua digital."
Ua hana pū ʻo Collins Aerospace me ka 9th Intelligence Squadron ma Beale Air Force Base e hoʻoiho i nā kiʻi OBC mai nā mikiona U-2 a puni ka honua e kākoʻo i nā pahuhopu Air Force.
Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka misionari OBC ma Bill AFB no kahi kokoke i 52 mau makahiki, me ka U-2 OBC mua i lawe ʻia mai Beale AFB ma 1974. Lawe ʻia mai ka SR-71, ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo OBC a ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka lele e kākoʻo i ka paepae U-2, e pani ana i ka lōʻihi. -kū IRIS sensor.ʻOiai ka IRIS's 24-inch focal length e hāʻawi i ka uhi ākea, ka OBC's 30-inch focal length hiki ke hoʻonui nui i ka hoʻonā.
"Ke paʻa nei ka U-2 i ka hiki ke hana i nā mikiona OBC ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa a me nā mana hoʻolālā ikaika ke koi ʻia," wahi a Lt. Col. James Gayser, ka luna o ka 99th Reconnaissance Squadron.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo OBC e kākoʻo i nā misionari like ʻole, e like me ka Hurricane Katrina relief, ka hanana nuklea ʻo Fukushima Daiichi, a me Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, a me Joint Task Force Horn of Africa hana.
ʻOiai e hana ana ma luna o Afghanistan, ua kiʻi ka U-2 i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia 90 lā, a ua hoʻohana nā ʻāpana a puni ka 'Oihana Defence i nā kiʻi o ka OBC e hoʻolālā i nā hana.
"E paʻa nā mea hoʻokele U-2 a pau i ka ʻike a me nā mākau e hoʻohana ai i nā mea ʻike ma waena o nā ʻano misionari like ʻole a me nā wahi hana e hoʻokō ai i nā pono o ka hōʻiliʻili naʻauao mua o ka luna koa kaua," wahi a Geiser. E ulu ana ka papahana U-2 e hoʻomau i ka pili o ka hakakā ʻana i nā mana C5ISR-T a me ka hakakā ʻana i nā kuleana hoʻohui Air Force.
ʻO ka pani ʻana o ka OBC ma Bill AFB e ʻae i nā ʻāpana misionari a me nā hoa e hoʻoikaika i ka ikaika i nā hiki ke pilikia, nā loea, nā ʻenehana a me nā kaʻina hana, a me nā manaʻo hana e kākoʻo pono i ka pilikia hoʻoweliweli pacing i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e holomua i ka misionari holoʻokoʻa 9th Reconnaissance Wing.
Hāʻawi ka U-2 i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, ka nānā ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka wā āpau, i ke ao a i ka pō, i ke kākoʻo pololei ʻana i nā pūʻali koa US a me nā hui hui. , hakakā haʻahaʻa a me ka hakakā nui.
Hiki i ka U-2 ke hōʻiliʻili i nā kiʻi like ʻole, me ka multispectral electro-optical, infrared a synthetic aperture radar huahana hiki ke mālama ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia i nā kikowaena hoʻomohala honua. ʻO ka uhi i hāʻawi ʻia e nā kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni optical i hana i nā huahana kiʻiʻoniʻoni kuʻuna, hoʻomohala a nānā ʻia ma hope o ka pae ʻana.
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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-21-2022
