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 owesibili wachaza. ULieutenant Hailey M. Toledo, Uphiko Lwesi-9 Lwezindaba Zomphakathi, esihlokweni esithi “Ukuphela Kwenkathi: U-2s ku-Last OBC Mission,” umkhankaso we-OBC uzothatha izithombe eziphakeme kakhulu emini futhi uzodlulela phambi kosekelo Indawo yokulwa ihlinzekwe yi-National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.Lokhu kuhamba kuvumela umcubunguli ukuthi ahlanganise ifilimu eduze neqoqo lokuhlola elidingekayo 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 engama-52, ne-U-2 OBC yokuqala eyasetshenziswa isuka e-Beale AFB ngo-1974. -inzwa ye-IRIS emile.Ngenkathi ubude bokugxila be-IRIS obungama-intshi angu-24 bunikeza ukumbozwa okubanzi, ubude be-focal ye-OBC obungama-intshi angu-30 buvumela ukwanda okukhulu kokulungiswa.
"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. ukukhula, uhlelo lwe-U-2 luzothuthuka ukuze kugcinwe ukusebenza kwempi emandleni ahlukahlukene e-C5ISR-T futhi kulwe nezindima zokuhlanganisa ze-Air Force."
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 nokwaziswa, 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 yokuvula i-multispectral electro-optical, infrared kanye neyokwenziwa engagcinwa noma ithunyelwe ezikhungweni zokuthuthukiswa komhlaba.Ngaphezu kwalokho, isekela ukulungiswa okuphezulu, isimo sezulu esisendaweni ebanzi. Ukumbozwa okunikezwa amakhamera we-optical strip akhiqiza imikhiqizo yefilimu yendabuko, athuthukiswe futhi ahlaziywe ngemuva kokuhlala.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-21-2022
