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US moves U-2 strategic reconnaissance planes to Europe
Two U-2S ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the US Air Force crossed the Atlantic from mainland US and landed at the Fairford airfield in England on Tuesday, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
The planes transferred from the Beale Air Force Base in California are named DRAGON86 and DRAGON88 and have the registration numbers 80-1071 and 80-1094 respectively.
No official reason for the transfer of these two aircraft to Europe has been disclosed.
Until recently, the Fairford …
