Lockheed U-2

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high-altitude aircraft military aircraft reconnaissance aircraft

The Lockheed U-2 is a high-altitude American reconnaissance aircraft designed for intelligence gathering missions, particularly during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Lockheed U-2 canonical	16
U-2R	3
U-2S	3
Lockheed U-2 (early variants via derivative)	1
Lockheed U-2 family	1
Lockheed U-2 program	1
Lockheed U-2R	1
Lockheed U-2S	1
Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady	1
U-2 Dragon Lady	1
U-2 reconnaissance aircraft	1
U-2 reconnaissance program	1
U-2A	1
U-2C	1
U-2S Dragon Lady	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-altitude aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory	fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ single-engine jet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kelly Johnson ⓘ
basedAt	Beale Air Force Base ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	1 ⓘ
designedFor	high-altitude intelligence gathering ⓘ
designer	Clarence Johnson ⓘ
developedFor	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
engineModel	General Electric F118 ⓘ Pratt & Whitney J57 ⓘ
firstFlight	1955-08-01 ⓘ
introduced	1956 ⓘ
landingGear	bicycle-type landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	Lockheed Martin ⓘ surface form: Lockheed Lockheed Skunk Works ⓘ
maxSpeed	approximately 500 mph ⓘ approximately 805 km/h ⓘ
nickname	Dragon Lady ⓘ
notableEvent	U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ surface form: 1960 U-2 incident
notablePilot	Francis Gary Powers ⓘ
operator	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Republic of China Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
primaryUser	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
programStart	1954 ⓘ
propulsion	single turbojet engine ⓘ
range	over 11000 km ⓘ over 6000 nmi ⓘ
role	strategic reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceCeiling	above 21000 m ⓘ above 70000 ft ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
successor	SR-71 Blackbird ⓘ surface form: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
takeoffAndLanding	conventional runway ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan
usedFor	aerial reconnaissance ⓘ imagery intelligence ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ
variant	TR-1A ⓘ Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U-2A Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U-2C Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U-2R Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U-2S
wingConfiguration	high-wing ⓘ
wingType	glider-like high-aspect-ratio wing ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U-2 incident of 1960 → aircraftType → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Powers incident → aircraftUsed → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Powers incident → relatedProgram → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 reconnaissance program

Lockheed U-2 → variant → Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2A

Lockheed U-2 → variant → Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2C

Lockheed U-2 → variant → Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2R

Lockheed U-2 → variant → Lockheed U-2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2S

Francis Gary Powers → aircraftFlown → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Paris Summit of 1960 → hasRelatedAircraft → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Aeronautics → product → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

subject surface form: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

this entity surface form: U-2 reconnaissance aircraft

Lockheed Skunk Works → notableProduct → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Kelly Johnson → notableWork → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Kelly Johnson → designed → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Dragon Lady → refersTo → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Dragon Lady → involvesAircraft → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

subject surface form: 1960 U-2 incident

Dragon Lady → hasVariant → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

subject surface form: Lockheed U-2

this entity surface form: U-2R

TR-1A → developedFrom → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

TR-1A → aircraftFamily → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockheed U-2 family

TR-1A → basedOn → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockheed U-2R

TR-1A → successor → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2S

TR-1A → hasVariant → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2R

SA-2 Guideline → notableTarget → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Pratt & Whitney J57 → usedInAircraft → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockheed U-2 (early variants via derivative)

General Electric F118 → usedInAircraft → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockheed U-2S

General Electric F118 → introducedForAircraft → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2S

General Electric F118 → powerplantOf → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady

Beale Air Force Base → hostsAircraft → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2S Dragon Lady

United States Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise → usesPlatform → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U-2 Dragon Lady

Clarence "Kelly" Johnson → designed → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Barbara Gay Moore → employer → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Gary Powers

this entity surface form: Lockheed U-2 program

Clarence Johnson → notableWork → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

United States Air Force Plant 42 → associatedWithProgram → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

American Air Museum in Britain → hasExhibit → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ

Lockheed Aircraft Company → developed → Lockheed U-2 ⓘ