[ClearCase_guy]

I'm feeling dumb here. Do we have a plane called the U2? I thought Gary Powers got shot down in one of those 40 years ago. Wasn't the U2 replaced by the SR-71? Are those still flying?

[js1138]

SR-71 is retired. U-2 is much cheaper to fly.

[RummyChick]

Top UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said on TUESDAY Iraq had refused to allow.....


Top UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Wednesday Iraq had refused to allow .....


and on and on and on we will go until the US and Britain get their military build up finished....

[N. Theknow]

I'm feeling dumb here. Do we have a plane called the U2? I thought Gary Powers got shot down in one of those 40 years ago. Wasn't the U2 replaced by the SR-71? Are those still flying?

Gary Powers was shot down in a U2. We are still flying the U2. SR-71 has officially been retired. We do not....um....no, really we don't.....um ....have anything to take the place of the SR-71 Blackbird. Seriously, no we don't have anything to take the place of the SR-71, it was retired as soon as we came out with "stealth" technology, so we really don't have a thing. Nope. Not us. Unh-unh. No way. Not a thing. Nosireee. Not like when we came up with the SR-71 and didn't reveal it until it had been in use for several years.

[Vinnie]

Do we have a plane called the U2?

No, Yes.

They have jazzed up the old U2, given it another designation, that I can't recall, and still fly them.

[rogue yam]

I'm feeling dumb here. Do we have a plane called the U2? I thought Gary Powers got shot down in one of those 40 years ago. Wasn't the U2 replaced by the SR-71? Are those still flying?

The SR71 came after the U2 but we never stopped using U2s. I believe we have retired the SR71. Too expensive and only really useful to spy on the Soviets as they were the only ones who could hit a U2. Also, we have more satellites now.

[pfflier]

You are about three recon generations behind the power curve. The U2 was replaced with the TR-1 which is a U2 airframe but redesignated mostly because of the "fallout" from the Powers U2 shootdown. If you don't call it a U2 it must not be a U2.

The SR-71 has come and gone and returned and gone again as a replacement for the slower TR-1 which has now been redesignated as the U2 but is still here although re-engined.

Got it?

Tomorrow we'll discuss unmanned recon vehicles. Take notes.

[IYAS9YAS]

No the U-2 was replaced with an updated version of itself called the TR-1. The SR-71 was designed for a completely different mission from what it had while it was still in use. The TR-1 is basically a big glider with a powerful engine. Last time I watched one take off, I could only see it for about 30 seconds until it was out of sight...heard it for another five minutes, though. The TR-1 is still in use by the military, the SR-71 has been officially retired from military use.

[Centurion2000]

Do we have a plane called the U2? I thought Gary Powers got shot down in one of those 40 years ago.

That's What the UN is flying now ..... you think we'd trust them with a Blackbird ?? ;)