Lockheed Martin® U-2 Dragon Lady® Patch - Sew On, 4", Officially Licensed for Sale

Lockheed Martin® U-2 Dragon Lady® Patch - Sew On, 4", Officially Licensed For Sale

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Lockheed Martin® U-2 Dragon Lady® Patch - Sew On, 4", Officially Licensed:
$13.99

Lockheed Martin U-2 Patch - Plastic Backing, 4"

Pilots and Crew! Enjoy this beautifully embroidered Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady Patch. You'll love the quality and be proud to display this.

4" inches
Sew on
US Veteran-Owned Business
Officially Licensed by Lockheed Martin

LOCKHEED MARTIN®, U-2 DRAGON LADY®, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions, used under license by Squadron Nostalgia LLC.

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated from the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering.[1]

Lockheed Corporation originally proposed it in 1953, it was approved in 1954, and its first test flight was in 1955. It was flown during the Cold War over the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, and Cuba. In 1960, Gary Powers was shot down in a CIA U-2C over the Soviet Union by a surface-to-air missile (SAM). Major Rudolf Anderson Jr. was shot down in a U-2 during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

U-2s have taken part in post-Cold War conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and supported several multinational NATO operations. The U-2 has also been used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, scientific research, and communications purposes. The U-2 is one of a handful of aircraft types to have served the USAF for over 50 years, along with the Boeing B-52, Boeing KC-135, Lockheed C-130 and Lockheed C-5. The newest models (TR-1, U-2R, U-2S) entered service in the 1980s, and the latest model, the U-2S, had a technical upgrade in 2012. The U-2 is currently operated by the USAF.