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  2. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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    O-57 Grasshopper at the National Museum of the United States Air Force A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI (F-8) of the 654th BS, Eighth Air Force at RAF Watton, 1944 North American B-25D (F-10) Mitchell photographic reconnaissance and mapping aircraft North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial No 42-103368 of the 15th TRS at St. Dizler Airfield, France, Autumn 1944.

  3. Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia

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    The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated from the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. [1]

  4. Reconnaissance aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A USAF SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.

  5. Lockheed A-12 - Wikipedia

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    The YF-12 program was a limited production variant of the A-12. Lockheed convinced the U.S. Air Force that an aircraft based on the A-12 would provide a less costly alternative to the recently canceled North American Aviation XF-108, since much of the design and development work on the YF-12 had already been done and paid for. Thus, in 1960 the ...

  6. Boeing RC-135 - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, L3Harris Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

  7. Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel - Wikipedia

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    While the USAF did not disclose what aircraft the unit was equipped with, it has been reported that it was established to operate RQ-170s. [29] [30] From 4 August 2020 to 6 August 2020, at least one RQ-170 participated in a $1.4 million Large Force Test Event at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada. [31]

  8. AI co-pilots US Air Force spy plane for the first time - AOL

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    An AI system has helped control a US military aircraft for the first time ever, the Air Force announced on Wednesday. The ARTUµ algorithm flew alongside a pilot aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane ...

  9. Martin B-57 Canberra - Wikipedia

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    The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. . The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, manufactured by the Glenn L. Martin Compa