Lockheed U2
Role High-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
Manufacturer: Lockheed Skunk Works
Designer: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
First Flight: 1st August 1955.
Introduction: 1956
Production: 1955 - 1989
Total Number Built: 104
Status: In Service
Users:
CIA Central Intelligence Agency Historical User.
USAF United States Air Force Current User
NASA North American Space Agency Current User.
First Twenty Aircraft Serial Numbers: Articles 341 to 360
56-6675-56-6693
Twenty Nine Aircraft 56-6694 to 56-6722
56-6675, 56-6676, 56-6677, 56-6678, 56-6679, 56-6680, 56-6681, 56-6682, 56-6683, 56-6684, 56-6685, 56-6686, 56-6687, 56-6688, 56-6689, 56-6690, 56-6691, 56-6692, 56-6693, 56-6694, 56-6695, 56-6696, 56-6697, 56-6698, 56-6699, 56-6700, 56-6701, 56-6702, 56-6703, 56-6704, 56-6705, 56-6706, 56-6707, 56-6708, 56-6709, 56-6710, 56-6711, 56-6712, 56-6713, 56-6714, 56-6715, 56-6716, 56-6717, 56-6718, 56-6719, 56-6720, 56-6721, 56-6722,
56-6951, 56-6952, 56-6953, 56-6954, 56-6955
/BB, 68-10330, 68-10331/BB, 68-10332, 68-10333, 68-10334,
68-10335, 68-10336/BB, 68-10337/BB, 68-10338, 68-10339, 68-10340
80-1063, 80-1064, 80-1065 , 80-1066/BB, 80-1067/BB, 80-1068, 80-1069/BB, 80-1070/BB, 80-1071/BB, 80-1072, 80-1073/BB, 80-1074, 80-1075, 80-1076/BB, 80-1077/BB, 80-1078, 80-1079/BB C-Span, 80-1080/BB, 80-1081/BB, 80-1082, 80-1083/BB, 80-1084, 80-1085/BB, 80-1086/BB, 80-1087/BB, 80-1088, 80-1089, 80-1090, 80-1091, 80-1092/BB, 80-1093/BB, 80-1094/BB, 80-1095, 80-1096/BB, 80-1097, 80-1098, 80-1099
99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, RAF Fairford,
Serial Numbers:
80-1070 / AF80070 ** C-SPAN** & Longer Nose
80-1076 / BB AF80076
80-1096 / BB AF80096
Callsigns:
Black 01/02, Dragon 01/02
TU-2S 80-1065 BB 9th Reconnaissance Wing, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron Final Flight 11/01/2024
U-2A
Initial production, single-seat
Engine: Single Pratt & Whitney J57-P-37A
Production Numbers: 48
U-2B
Missile warning patrol Aircraft.
Not Built
U-2C
Enhanced single-seat model
Engine: Pratt & Whitney J75-P-13 & Modified engine intakes.
Production Numbers:
Serial Numbers:
56-6693 Wreckage Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow
56-6953 Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodo.
U-2D
Two Seat for vaious IR Detection not as a trainer.
Engine:
Production Numbers:
U-2CT
Enhanced two-seater trainer.
Engine:
Production Numbers:
Serial Numbers:
56-6692 Imperial War Museum Duxford, United Kingdom.
U-2E
Aerial refueling capable.
Engine: J75-powered.
Production Numbers:
U-2F
Aerial refueling capable.
Engine: J75-powered.
Production Numbers:
Serial Numbers:
56-6676 Wreckage Various Museums in Cuba.
U-2G
C-models modified with reinforced landing gear, added arrester hook, and lift dump spoilers on the wings for United States Navy carrier operations.
Engine: J75-powered.
Production Numbers: 3
U-2H
Aircraft carrier capable, aerial refueling capable.
Engine:
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U-2R
Re-designed airframes enlarged nearly 30 percent with underwing pods and increased fuel capacity.
Engine:
Production Number: 14
U-2RT
Enhanced two-seat R-Model trainer.
Engine:
Production Number: 1
U-2EPX
Proposed United States Navy Maritime surveillance R-Model.
Engine:
Production Number: 2
TR-1A / U-2S
Third production batch of U-2R aircraft built for high-altitude tactical reconnaissance missions with side looking radar, new avionics and improved ECM equipment. Re-designated U-2S after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Engine:
Production Number: 33
TR-1B
Two TR-1A airframes completed as two seat convertion trainers.
Engine:
Production Number: 2
TU-2S
New redesignated TR-1B two-seat trainer with improved engine.
Engine:
Production Number: 5 converted
ER-2
Two TR-1A airframes AF Serial Numbers: 80-1063, 80-1087, modified as Earth resources research aircraft, moved from the USAF to NASA and operated by the NASA High-Alttude Mission Branch, Ames Research Center. NASA flies Serial Number: 80-1097 as N809NA and Serial Number: 80-1063 as N806NA.
Engine:
Production Number: 2 Aircraft Converted from TR-1A to ER-2.
U-2S
Redesignation of TR-1A and U-2R aircraft with updated General Electric F118 engine, improved sensors, and addition of a GPS receiver.
Engine: Updated Genral Electric F118 engine.
Production Number: 31 Aircraft Converted.