TWZ:
US. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has confirmed that U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes have been flying missions around the border with Mexico. The service’s top officer has also confirmed the use of RC-135V/W Rivet Joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones, which TWZ has reported on previously, as part of still-increasing U.S. military support for southwestern border security efforts under President Donald Trump.
“As most of us head into the weekend, I want to thank our U-2, RC-135 & RPA [remotely piloted aircraft; drone] crews who are tirelessly providing unrivaled ISR support for @USNorthernCmd [U.S. Northern Command] at the border to restore sovereignty and protect American communities,” Allvin wrote in a post today on X, a screen shot of which is seen below. “Stay safe and thank you!” more here
Bring back SR-71s!
https://youtu.be/tO_dYEAXg7Q?si=V5C1XM9Q6j1fnQ4A
And use the guidance to bring in the pest control!
https://youtu.be/Xm8xWbcMOe0?si=vYbMqUUV71idGF0h
sr-71: too late, the useless con-gress flushed the tooling & just about everything else long ago. some dindus probably needed more grifter $$$.
I assume that’s more geared to the Northern borders than the South.
A10 Warthog to follow!
I saw U-2 at Madison Square Garden, and now they are flying spy planes?
@ 1222: a-10 is an effective ground support plane, unlike the ****** bullshit the zoomie clowns support. they actually tested the f-35 (flying edsel) against it.
Long overdue.
Cool! Now send some A-10s down there to help out at ground level.
A SR-71 for some reason or another landed at NAS Miramar, California once back in 1973 right next to my fighter squadrons VF-114’s flight line. Upon landing it was immediately met by a tow tractor and a large tarp was thrown over it and taken away to a nearby securely closed hangar and stayed there for a few days until it secretly took off later which no one noticed because of the secrecy surrounding it. It was very hush hush as it was supposed to be, and I still don’t why know it landed at Miramar or the reason why.
Know why.
^^^^^^ You were seeing things.
A10, C130 Gunship and ACh-47A Shithook crews please pick up the white courtesy phone
We were at Beale AFB in the mid 1960s, Blackbirds are pretty damn cool
Beale AFB is also where they fly about 75% of the drones. Half a world away. In a very dark room.
I’ve said this before, but my love affair with the SR-71 will never die. I loved them even before I got to see one, but that time I got to actually touch it sometime in the early 90s was glorious. It was retired from 1989 to 1995 when they brought it back until it was retired for good in 1998.
Anyway, in the early 90s, I visited my sister in Nebraska and went to the SAC Air museum, where we saw the SR-71 sitting on the tarmac outside the museum. I nearly ran to see it and got to walk under it. I reached up to touch the bottom of the engine and felt like I was as close to my dream of being an Air Force pilot as I’d ever be. Sigh.
U2?
Bono?
Did we send all of our Predator drones to Ukraine?