Indiza ye-Air Force esezingeni eliphezulu, ehlola isimo sezulu, i-U-2 Dragon Lady, muva nje indize umkhankaso wayo wokugcina wekhamera ye-optical strip e-Bill Air Force Base.
Njengoba 2nd wachaza. ULieutenant Hailey M. Toledo, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs, esihlokweni esithi "End of an Era: U-2s on Last OBC Mission," umkhankaso we-OBC uzothatha izithombe eziphakeme kakhulu emini futhi uzodlulela phambili ekusekeleni Indawo yokulwa yanikezwa yi-National Geospatial-Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-Ejensi ukuze ihlanganise i-Ejensi. ukuqoqwa kolwazi oludingekayo kumishini.
U-Adam Marigliani, u-Collins Aerospace Engineering Support Specialist, uthe: "Lo mcimbi uvala isahluko esithathe amashumi eminyaka kuBill Air Force Base kanye nokucutshungulwa kwamafilimu futhi uvula isahluko esisha emhlabeni wedijithali."
U-Collins Aerospace usebenze ne-9th Intelligence Squadron e-Beale Air Force Base ukuze balande izithombe ze-OBC kusuka ohambweni lwe-U-2 emhlabeni wonke ukuze kusekelwe izinhloso ze-Air Force.
Imishini ye-OBC yasebenza ku-Bill AFB cishe iminyaka engu-52, ne-U-2 OBC yokuqala eyasetshenziswa isuka e-Beale AFB ngo-1974.Ithathwe ku-SR-71, i-OBC yashintshwa futhi indiza yavivinywa ukusekela iplathifomu ye-U-2, ithatha indawo yenzwa ye-IRIS ehlala isikhathi eside.Ngenkathi i-IRIS's ubude obungu-30BC buhlinzeka ngobubanzi obungamasentimitha angu-30BC ubude buvumela ukwanda okukhulu kokuxazulula.
"I-U-2 igcina ikhono lokwenza imisebenzi ye-OBC emhlabeni wonke kanye namandla ashukumisayo okuthunyelwa kwamandla lapho kudingeka," kusho uLt. Col. James Gayser, umkhuzi we-99th Reconnaissance Squadron.
I-OBC isetshenziselwe ukusekela imisebenzi ehlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ukusiza iSiphepho uKatrina, isigameko sesikhungo samandla enyukliya iFukushima Daiichi, kanye ne-Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, kanye nokusebenza kweJoint Task Force Horn of Africa.
Ngenkathi isebenza e-Afghanistan, i-U-2 yayithwebula izwe lonke njalo ezinsukwini ezingama-90, futhi amayunithi kuwo wonke uMnyango Wezokuvikela asebenzisa isithombe se-OBC ukuhlela ukusebenza.
"Bonke abashayeli bezindiza be-U-2 bazogcina ulwazi namakhono okusebenzisa izinzwa kuzo zonke izinhlobonhlobo zemishini nezindawo zokusebenza ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo ezibalulekile zokuqoqa ubuhlakani bomkhuzi wezempi," kusho uGeiser.
Ukuvalwa kwe-OBC ku-Bill AFB kuvumela amayunithi emishini kanye nozakwethu ukuthi bagxilise amandla amakhulu emandleni ezimo eziphuthumayo, amaqhinga, amasu nezinqubo, nemiqondo yokuqashwa esekela ngokuqondile inkinga yokusabisa emisiwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe yonke inhloso yoPhiko Lwesi-9 Lokubukisa.
I-U-2 inikeza ukuphakama okuphezulu, ukubhekwa kwesimo sezulu sonke kanye nokuqaphela, imini noma ubusuku, ngokusekela okuqondile kwe-US kanye namabutho ahlangene.Ihlinzeka ngezithombe ezibucayi futhi ibonise ubuhlakani kubenzi bezinqumo phakathi nazo zonke izigaba zokungqubuzana, okuhlanganisa izinkomba zesikhathi sokuthula nezixwayiso, ukungqubuzana okuphansi kanye nobutha obukhulu.
I-U-2 iyakwazi ukuqoqa izithombe ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa imikhiqizo ye-radar ye-multispectral electro-optical, infrared kanye ne-synthetic aperture engagcinwa noma ithunyelwe ezikhungweni zokuthuthukiswa komhlaba.Ngaphezu kwalokho, isekela ukumbozwa kwesimo sezulu okunokulungiswa okuphezulu, okubanzi okuhlinzekwa amakhamera optical strip akhiqiza imikhiqizo yefilimu yendabuko, ithuthukiswe futhi ihlaziywe ngemva kokuhlala.
Thola izindaba ezihamba phambili zezindiza, izindaba nezici ezivela ku-The Aviation Geek Club encwajaneni yethu yezindaba, zilethwe ngokuqondile ebhokisini lakho lokungenayo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-21-2022
