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SENIOR AIRMAN Hank Webb, USAF, (center) and STAFF Sergeant Erin Manley,, USAF, both Aerospace Physiological Support specialists from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron (Black Cats), Osan Air Base, Korea, adjust the straps on the pressure suit of U-2R Dragon Lady pilot Captain Michael Wheeler before a mission. Because of the altitudes that the aircraft can reach, a U-2R pilot has to wear a full-pressure suit similar to those worn by astronauts

Technical Sergeant Scott Robinson (foreground), and SENIOR AIRMAN Hank Webb, both Aerospace Physiological Support specialists from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea, assist Captain Michael Wheeler strap into the cockpit of the U-2R Dragon Lady, as he prepares for a reconnaissance mission

A U-2 equipment technician with the 9th Physiological Support Squadron, works on a pressure suit helmet in the squadron life support section. AIRMAN Magazine article describes the U-2 as still being a major player in the nation's reconnaissance mission despite its 1950s' design and first flight in 1955. Capable of then flying over 70,000 feet, and now even higher thanks to a new F-118-101 engine and upgraded avionics the aircraft was awarded the Collier Trophy in 1998 by the National Aeronautic Association and named the U-2S. The U-2S now has digital capabilty and can transmit data instantaneously to analysts at Beale AFB by using a network of ground stations and satellites. (AIRMAN ...

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Mike Wheeler, U-2R Dragon Lady aircraft Pilot and mobile Officer, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), assists USAF CPT Stephen Rodriguez, as he deplanes from his U-2R, following a mission flow in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Mike Wheeler, U-2R Dragon Lady aircraft Pilot and mobile Officer, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), assists USAF CPT Stephen Rodriguez, as he deplanes from his U-2R, following a mission flow in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Robert Scott, a crew chief with the 178TH Fighter Wing, Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio provides first aid to an injured airman, during the simulated casualty exercise portion of the wings Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). TSGT Roberts is wearing Mission-Orientated Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear and is being is being observed by members of the ORI team

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Thomas Stephenson (right) and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Robert Hargreaves, both from the 30th Space Communications Squadron (SCS), help heat injured SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Michael Corona, from the 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), during Exercise Northstar 05-04 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

Technical Sergeant (TSGT), Matthew Nicholson, USAF, MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopter, Flight Engineer, 21ST Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, UK performs a preflight engine check on the aircraft before taking off at RAF Kinloss. The helicopter and crew deployed to RAF Kinloss to assist in the recovery of two USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft, that went down during a training mission over Scotland

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Todd Robbins (background), a pilot assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron (FS), wears his Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) gear as he adjusts the headgear of USAF CPT Thomas Obrochta, as they prepare for the decontamination process during Exercise BEVERLY BULLDOG 02-02, at Osan Air Base (AB) Korea

TECH Sergeant Scott Robinson, an Aerospace Physiological Support technician from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea, checks the helmet used by U-2R Dragon Lady pilots to ensure that it's functioning properly. Because of the altitudes that the aircraft can reach, a U-2R pilot has to wear a full-pressure suit similar to those worn by astronauts

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Base: Osan Air Base

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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