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    Airframe Family: Lockheed U-2
    Latest Model:U-2S
    Last Military Serial:80-1069 USAF
    Construction Number:Article 069
    Latest Owner or Location:99th RS, 9th RW, Beale AFB, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TR-1A.

    Circa 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-1069.

    By September 1983

    Transferred to 17th SRW, RAF Alconbury.

    24 September 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Alconbury Airshow

    3 July 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n NASA 708.

    3 July 1988

    Transferred to Ames Research Center, NAS Moffett Field, CA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-1069.
    Recalled by USAF to replace a lost U-2R.

    Converted to an U-2S.

    By July 2003

    Transferred to 99th RS, 9th RW, Beale AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: BB

    19 July 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At RIAT Fairford.


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Robert Nichols
    Ken Videan

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