U-2 Dragon Lady: Airmen discuss their continued push for operational success: "In the first three months of 2010, Airmen supporting the U-2 Dragon Lady deployed operations with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flew nearly 200 combat sorties in support of operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. When averaged out in flight time, that means a U-2 is flying in the AOR 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In those 200 missions, U-2 Airmen supported more than 70 'troops in contact' events where deployed ground forces were supported by the U-2's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, said Mr. Ralph Jackson, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing historian. 'The U-2 has also provided tens of thousands of real-time imagery to assist the ground forces on on-going operations,' he said."
