U-2S: The Newest Generation of an American Icon
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2015
- The U-2 program celebrates its 60th anniversary in September 2015. Since its first flight in 1955, the U-2 program has seen tremendous changes to its airframe and technology. Today's U-2S serves as the most capable, reliable and survivable ISR platform available. The U-2S has 80 percent airframe life remaining, and is operationally capable to fly beyond 2045. Learn more: www.lockheedmartin.com/u2
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I was still unsure if I should buy this or a normal AWACS but this ad convinced me to go with this! Thanks Lockheed.
Be careful ordering from this vendor, I got scammed. I ordered an U-2S through their website, but it never arrived. When I checked track & trace it kept saying the order was held by customs, and when I contacted the seller they gave me vague excuses about import permits. 0/5 will not buy again.
LOL! This baby's a bargain. Pressurized cockpit. Space suit. I'll even throw in some space food if you take her home today!
ask for black , black really stands out.
But the U2 can’t fly off my nuclear powered aircraft carrier
@@seanpruitt6801Sure it can. The U-2’s got a short takeoff roll. Unless the wingspan is the problem?
The fact that, even in 2022, with all the updated sensor suites, electronic countermeasures, and electronic warfare systems, the U-2S is STILL equipped with its absurdly high-resolution wet film camera is amazing to me.
What a truly timeless design.
It's truly amazing that the same basic design aircraft is not only still flying over 70 years since its introduction, but especially the fact that it will continue service for many more years. Aircraft like the U2 and the B-52 are truly in a league of their own.
BiggerCat77
you will Americans known for their matching designs,as iPhone 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 ! :))))
tube with wings will always be the best plane design for endurance flight
I'll like to say Congratulations to all who work at Lockheed Martin and the USAF on the 60th Anniversary of the U-2 program. "We never forget who we're working for."
Andrew Jacklin but lockheed has no problem putting the screw on the taxpayers by overbilling the taxpayers to build it!
Thank you for your service
honestly, if that means taking america into fake wars, then sure. fight for what you believe in, the truth is that the american government lied to its own people .
@@foxytv1592 No, their were most likely WMD's in Iraq (I.E. Chemical weapons), and Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center.
@@fasterthandragons7908 There were chemical weapons in Iraq. "WERE" being the key word. Mysteriously, chems showed up in Syria a decade later (this was written about). And there were soldier accounts (very few) of being gassed in combat during GW1... likely, mustard/ burn agents... no fatalities, reports were silenced... else Bush (Globalist) would be forced to pop a low-alt. EMP-cracker over Bag... as threatened. Also, "Gulf War Syndrome" was later suspected to be effects of germ-fare (bio-weapons). Don't recall what came of it, other than a few doctors finally diagnosed it and were able to treat victims with therapeutics/common meds in right combinations.
And gove DID lead us into unnecessary wars. Not all, but certainly some were about money. Others started off well-intended and became about money.
Buckle up... the S is about to HTF.
Kelly Johnson was an absolute genius.
An amazing man.
jwrappuhn71 I think KJ was an Alien :))))
There are few people that are so unknown which have made such an astonishing feat and impact as Kelly Johnson. A true hero.
Yeah. Those were all Kelly's planes in the intro to the video: the Lightning, the Shooting Star, the Starfighter and, of course, the U-2. There never was anyone comparable to Johnson; a customer working with him said "That Swedish son of a bitch can see air." Johnson took that, quite properly, as a compliment.
jwrappuhn71 Johnson was a genius.....but Lockheed is as corrupt as hell.
This is the best advertisement I have ever seen.
Yeah so good in fact that I might get one
Saab has better in my opinion
Lockheed Martin's designers r so damn on point, slick, neat. such a beauty.
Proof that engineering simplicity is superior.
ⵔⵓⴽⴰⵜⴽⴰⵜ which is why the A10 warthog can't be beat For shit hit's the fan danger close CAS missions!
Snarky horseshit they used them to rescue a downed f117 stealth bomber pilot shot down from a SAM missile not to mention they can hit targets from a great distance away from manpads with standoff weapon systems another sexual intellectual i see!
Simplicity like the U2 and A10 might be fine when you go against underequipped, badly trained armies using 30+ years old weaponry. Or just outright terrorists like ISIS. And to be honest, I'd be surprised if the U2 is actually a "simple" aircraft.
Yet against any enemy with modern missile systems, the U2 isn't of much use. Heck, even the fricking Blackbird, the fasted jet engine driven aircraft ever built, was partially mothballed because enemies acquired the ability to gun down the aircraft.
Mike yes your right but when a shit storm hits and everything else is jammed,hacked or glitching bet your sweet ass an A10 will be flying electronics are nice when they work but when they don't you better have something that still works with out them!
the blackbird woulnt be shot down even now, but sattelites do a far better job than the costly plain could do...
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Dang can't wait for my order, Thanks Lockheed.
I didn't know the U-2 had been upgraded that much, very cool ! I know the basic design was based on the Lockheed F-104, heavily modified but Lockheed took a proven deign and made it great for surveillance. the SR-71 is still my fav though.
Amazing, so it's like a mainframe, the more it ages, the more capable it becomes.
Thanks for your service.
I was 12 when I learned about this plane and it's been four years and I'd still love the chance to fly it when I join the air force
Fantastic. Thank you LockheedMartin.
Still beauty after all these years!
Beautiful!!!
First time saw it. Great. Stood the test of time.
My goodness, Lockheed Martin, did you really have to make this video so beautiful? It brings a tear to my eye, especially the music at the end. What a beautiful aircraft, what a beautiful video, and what a beautiful legacy of the U-2 and its dragon riders.
I'm getting emotional. This is such a nicely done video, it's sentimental. Go US!
Kelly Johnson would be proud to see his plane still flying today.
1. Kelly Johnson was a superb leader, manager and engineer, a true national asset, and an innovator without peer.
2. The U-2 family of surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft - and their dedicated personnel, concomitant systems, sensors, and ground equipments - have been a key link in our information superiority, a major asymmetrical nation and international security advantage, with over five decades of progressively increased ISR sophistication.
3. We hear very little of its accomplishments - appropriately, it is compartmented information - but even in the mid-Twentieth Century the U-2 was essential to ascertain capabilities and to infer intentions.
I’m quietly very proud of the twenty-two years I spent as a Lockheed Martin Aero manager . . . and in the two decades that preceded that work, I saw - as a Naval Officer - just how crucial such information superiority was.
CKJ- Genius utility platform designed for continual upgrade.
I worked on U-2's for 10 years and the SR-71 from 85 until it was deactivated from the USAF.
Minus the hype....the S has turned it into more of a battlefield covert recon platform. As they say, you can never have too much intelligence.
Or as a family member who also served said, "Intelligence is its own weapon."
gotta love the fuckyou to the global hawk @ 1:37
I dont know why but I love watching Lockheed Martin's Ads/commercials
I hope this legend will receive TALWS to make it even more survivable.
Kelly Johnson is the greatest aircraft designer ever, no one even comes close to him.
If you have been blessed to grow up and live free in America remember this video. Remember that every aircraft you see in it came out of the mind of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. Then the next time you find yourself holding a glass of good bourbon raise it and remember Kelly.
Man this really put me in the mood to spy on my enemies
Beautiful spy plane and I want it to remain operational for many more decades, and never need to be replaced unnecessarily.
Its a lovely looking plane
Music title is:
"Voyage in time" by Fired Earth Music
Marvelous piece of engineering😍
I am so proud of U2s
very good video,INTEGRITY..
Such a beauty, hope I get the chance to take off in one before it gets retired
put in a laser distance meter from home depot, so the pilot can read the exact distance from ground while landing. (and no need for a car to drive behind to radio the eyeballed height to the pilot)
Go Martin !!!!!!!
There are several other long lasting aircfaft like this: the B-52, the TU-95/142, and several others.
C-130 Hercules ?
I have to say it still looks pretty sexy, regardless of the bulky additions.
Damn, Kelly Johnson would be proud to see his plane still flying!
A bit ironic to have the video begin with a quote from Eisenhower - the same man who sharply criticized the industrial military complex.
Long-life design and really workable after 60 years. But be aware U2 early version shot down by SA-2 for couple of times from 1963-1968 during missions in mainland of PRC. Any new defence tool with U2S?
U2B
UA-cam
Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate illuminati confirmed
Damn mate
The FBI wants to no where you are 😂
Now she is slated to retire.. She's seen her very first pilots have their children and childrens children fly her. She's flown with the Buff. She watched the phantoms over Vietnam she's watched over them all even her replacement. Who she watched its retirement happen. She's always kept us safe with out even knowing she was watching over us. Fairwell guardian angel
60 years! Wow.
The program is 60 years old. The planes being flown today are all produced in the 1980s, and are some 40 percent larger than the original jet.
I love the U2!
Thank you Kelly Johnson R. I. P. Sir
That was nice a video.
love the U-2
Francis Gary Powers loved this plane and believed in it. He wrote so in his book "Operation Overflight."
Lockheed they will always be the best of the best
I love the U-2.
Amazing
Surprised these haven't been made into retrofitted drones
This is awesome but imagine what the sr72 and b21 can do more
Very interesting
You gotta hand it to lockheed tho, they are a legitimately cool company passonate about their creations
Put proper landing gear!
Performance cost is too much for it to be worth adding stable landing gear. + U2 pilots get to drive cool cars because of it so they aren't gonna complain.
i agree put landing gear on the wings to so it is stable
You don't understand the weight is too much for what the plane is meant to do and with the areodynamic changes on the wings the planes preformance would be seriously impeeded.
Lockheed Skunk Works didn't put wing-mounted landing gear on the U-2 to decrese its weight and increase its altitude
Why? Do YOU fly them ? Educated guess says no. Less weight in undercarriage means they can carry more mission useful load.
And that is only what they want to tell you about the latest capabilities. Anybody want to bet there isn't a whole lot more.
+ELECTROSTATIC DISC LIFTERS breakingdefense.com/2015/08/will-lockheed-build-a-stealthy-u-2-successor/
@@SunDevilDave wow
@@SunDevilDave It said nothing about electro static lifters
Some of it has to be kept secret for safety.
I wish I could own one of these planes
good
Is the U2 air frame still in production or are existing air frames being upgrade or are they continuously modified as needed?
U2-s we’re built in the 90’s and have been updated several times since
You gotta have the cleanest record in history to be a U-2 Pilot!
Can we have a video on the TR-3B please.
Lockheed is still the best design oriented ship builders in the world
had 2 crash on takeoff when I was at Osan in 1983-84.
Are they are still trying to get it to be as good as the twin engine RB-57F Canberra ?
....oooh!....below the belt....
Are you trying to sell me the damn thing? 😂😂😂
I'm convinced, I'm buying a dozen. 👍 LOL
I will take one
So what exactly is the role of the newest U-2. It's certainly not a spyplane. Is it like another AWACS? Or they said ISR? What is that and how is it different?
But satellites...
But nothing can beat a conventional legend
Satellites cannot provide customized, on-demand, realtime mission-specific intel in nearly any situation. There's rarely a substitute for having live flying 'eyes-on'.
Some 20 years later some guy will form a band and will name it U2S....
U2 - Unparalleled 2morrow and beyond.....
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You have to wonder:
The Lockheed U-2 or the Boeing B-52
Which one will outlast the other?
This video judders for me in fullscreen.
0 to 60 how many seconds?
Can we please have a P-3S Orion?
classical masterpiece
B52 still going strong as well
What is ISR?
S75 sam said hello
Where the Sr71 BlackBird?
the best
I wonder how many foreign leaders see this video and immediately think “oh shi-“ the Americans did it again.
How do I buy one?
Damm this baby is still kickin?
I miss the sr71...
Dear Lockheed Martin Team
Please add a more convenient landing gear on your new U-2s airplane.
Thank you.
the aeroplane high above aeroplanes!
U2 can do it
can you make the gear system not terrible?
Is it coincidence that mythbusters just did an episode on the old U2 dragon lady?
+Grisly Blackstone Lots of media coverage with the 60th Anniversary...including the Steven Spielberg movie "Bridge of Spies".
How similar is today’s U-2 to those used in 1955? Or is it a completely different aircraft with the same name?
The original U-2 was the "C" model. Todays U-2S is very similar. Many of the Lockheed Martin frames to build the fuselage are used today
@@DavidEVogel different dimensions, no?
s400 will say ---- AHHHHHHHH another u2 lets have a blast mate
a upgraded u2 wont have to get anywhere near where a s400 operates to use its sensors....idiot.
"SoyuzMultFilm" - the best of the best )))
What if the greatest threat comes from within?
can i buy one of those? without the military capabilities of course
They're un-armed they just hold cameras
@@derekbsheldon4861 thats what you think
@@DutchOrbit
The SR-71 was originally slated to be the A-2... 🤔
@@derekbsheldon4861 ⬆️
Chase vehicle needed when landing.