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The US Air Force is finally retiring the U-2 spy plane. Here’s why.
The U-2 costs more and more to fly, is extremely demanding of its pilots, and is no longer essential for intelligence collection with the advent of drones and satellites.
The U-2 is a Cold War icon that has been in service for 70 seventy years. While it will be retired shortly, it will still ...
The B-52 Stratofortress is expected to serve for a full century before its retirement—but could eventually be replaced by the ...
The US Air Force (USAF) started retiring its fleet of McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender aerial refueling tankers with a ceremony on 13 July. The first KC-10A to be retired, tail number 86-0036, was ...
The squadron that qualifies new A-10 pilots for combat duty graduated its last class of students in April, as the US Air Force moves haltingly toward retiring the venerable ground attack fighter.
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