U-2 - Sweat Shirt Colour:Black Famous pilots from the First

Famous pilots from the First War include Kiffin Rockwell

Avro Lancaster B MKI

The Squadron operated out of Miho Airfield during the early occupation of Japan at the end of the war

RAAF and RNZAF

the Squadron developed a fierce reputation with a tiger-like aggression

U-2 - Sweat Shirt Colour:Black Famous pilots from the FirstLockheed U 2 'Dragon Lady' World War II taught the US military the value of strategic aerial reconnaissance. The Air Force commissioned the Beacon Hill Report that suggested an aircraft was needed that would carry advanced optics and operate at an altitude of over 70,000ft. Clarence Kelly Johnson from Lockheed designed a jet powered glider, the CL282. At this time the design was recommended to the CIA, so in 1955 the aircraft was re designated the U 2