9th AMXS U-2 Dragon Lady Jet Black Super Wide Canvas

“Super Wide” U-2 Dragon Lady art in a Floating Black Gallery Frame.

The 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. It is stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. Its mission is to organize, train and equip the Air Force’s fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady for peacetime intelligence gathering, contingency operations, conventional war fighting and Emergency War Order support.

The U-2, nicknamed “Dragon Lady“, is an American single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet; 21,336 m), all-weather intelligence gathering. The U-2 has also been used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, and communications purposes.