Ndege ya U-2 Dragon Lady, yomwe ili pamalo okwera kwambiri komanso nthawi zonse, ya Air Force, posachedwapa yatumiza kamera yake yomaliza ku Bill Air Force Base.
Monga momwe wachiwiri adafotokozera. Lieutenant Hailey M. Toledo, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs, m'nkhani yakuti "End of an Era: U-2s on Last OBC Mission," ntchito ya OBC idzajambula zithunzi zakutali kwambiri masana ndipo idzasinthira kutsogolo kwa chithandizo. Malo ankhondo adaperekedwa ndi National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Izi zimathandiza kuti purosesa iphatikize filimuyi pafupi ndi zosonkhanitsa zowunikira zomwe zimafunikira pa ntchitoyo.
Adam Marigliani, Katswiri Wothandizira Uinjiniya wa Collins Aerospace, anati: "Chochitikachi chikutseka mutu wa zaka makumi ambiri mu Bill Air Force Base ndi kukonza mafilimu ndikutsegula mutu watsopano mu dziko la digito."
Collins Aerospace adagwira ntchito ndi gulu la 9th Intelligence Squadron ku Beale Air Force Base kuti atsitse zithunzi za OBC kuchokera ku maulendo a U-2 padziko lonse lapansi pothandizira zolinga za Air Force.
Ntchito ya OBC inagwira ntchito ku Bill AFB kwa zaka pafupifupi 52, ndipo U-2 OBC yoyamba idatumizidwa kuchokera ku Beale AFB mu 1974. Yotengedwa kuchokera ku SR-71, OBC idasinthidwa ndikuyesedwa kuti ithandizire nsanja ya U-2, m'malo mwa sensa ya IRIS yomwe inalipo kwa nthawi yayitali. Ngakhale kutalika kwa IRIS kwa mainchesi 24 kumapereka kufalikira kwakukulu, kutalika kwa 30 mainchesi kwa OBC kumalola kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa kukana.
"Asilikali a U-2 ali ndi mphamvu zogwira ntchito za OBC padziko lonse lapansi komanso mphamvu zotumizira asilikali ngati pakufunika kutero," anatero Lt. Col. James Gayser, mtsogoleri wa gulu lankhondo la 99th Reconnaissance Squadron.
OBC yatumizidwa kuti ithandizire ntchito zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo kuthandiza anthu omwe anakhudzidwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya Katrina, ngozi ya fakitale yamagetsi ya nyukiliya ya Fukushima Daiichi, ndi ntchito za Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, ndi Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
Pamene asilikali a U-2 ankagwira ntchito ku Afghanistan, ankajambula dziko lonse masiku 90 aliwonse, ndipo magulu ankhondo onse mu Dipatimenti Yoona za Chitetezo ankagwiritsa ntchito zithunzi za OBC pokonzekera ntchito.
"Oyendetsa ndege onse a U-2 adzakhalabe ndi chidziwitso ndi luso logwiritsa ntchito masensa m'malo osiyanasiyana ogwirira ntchito komanso malo ogwirira ntchito kuti akwaniritse zosowa zofunika kwambiri za mtsogoleri wankhondo wa malo," adatero Geiser. "Pamene kufunika kwa zofunikira zosiyanasiyana zosonkhanitsira kukupitilira kukula, pulogalamu ya U-2 isintha kuti ikhalebe yogwirizana ndi mphamvu zosiyanasiyana za C5ISR-T komanso kuthana ndi maudindo ogwirizana ndi Air Force."
Kutseka kwa OBC ku Bill AFB kumalola magulu a ntchito ndi ogwirizana nawo kuyang'ana kwambiri pa luso ladzidzidzi, njira, njira ndi njira, ndi malingaliro a ntchito omwe amathandizira mwachindunji vuto la chiwopsezo cha kuyenda bwino lomwe likukonzekera kupititsa patsogolo ntchito yonse ya 9th Reconnaissance Wing.
Gulu lankhondo la U-2 limapereka chithandizo chapadera komanso kufufuza m'malo okwera kwambiri, masana kapena usiku, pothandiza magulu ankhondo aku US ndi ogwirizana nawo. Limapereka zithunzi zofunika kwambiri komanso chidziwitso chanzeru kwa opanga zisankho nthawi zonse za nkhondo, kuphatikizapo zizindikiro ndi machenjezo a nthawi yamtendere, mikangano yochepa komanso udani waukulu.
U-2 imatha kusonkhanitsa zithunzi zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo zinthu za radar zamagetsi, infrared ndi zopangira zomwe zingasungidwe kapena kutumizidwa ku malo opangidwira pansi. Kuphatikiza apo, imathandizira kufalikira kwa nyengo kwapamwamba komanso kwakukulu komwe kumaperekedwa ndi makamera owonera omwe amapanga zinthu zachikhalidwe zamakanema, zomwe zimapangidwa ndikusanthulidwa zikafika.
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Nthawi yotumizira: Julayi-21-2022
