Model Number: Lockheed U-2 Reconnaissance Aircraf(Dragon Lady)

Application: Collection,Souvenir Gift, Home Office Decoration,Educational,Model Age Range: > 14 years old Type: Static finished model Material: Zinc alloy+plastic Scale: 1:144 Size: approx 13.5cm(L) * 21.8cm(W)*3.5cm(H)/5.3inch(L) * 8.6inch(W)*1.4inch(H) Package:Aircraf model + Display stand The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft is designed for high-altitude all-weather reconnaissance missions, providing important intelligence to decision-makers during peacetime, crises, small-scale conflicts, and wars. In addition, it is also used for the development of electronic sensors, confirmation of satellite data, and calibration. Although it has been over sixty years since its maiden flight, the U-2 is still active on the front lines. The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was developed by Lockheed Corporation in the United States and secretly completed its maiden flight in August 1955. It began to be equipped with the US Air Force in 1956 and is used by the US Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to spy on strategic targets behind enemy lines. It can be used as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft has been deployed globally and has conducted reconnaissance in countries such as the Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea, China, and Vietnam, but 15 have also been shot down in the airspace of other countries. The U-2 production line was restarted in the 1980s. The budget document approved by the US Department of Defense on December 23, 2005 required the complete retirement of U-2 by 2011 and the partial retirement of U-2 by early 2007. The mission of U-2 will be replaced by the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle and reconnaissance satellite manufactured by Northrop Grumman. However, due to the incomplete completion of the Global Hawk, the U-2 retirement plan has been postponed again.