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Coveleaderpress
April 24, 2018
Welfare concern: 1100 block Deorsam Drive. Possession of marijuana u/2 oz., possession of drug paraphernalia: 1800 block North Main Street. Criminal mischief-inconvenience: 800 block Traci Drive. Damaged: Vehicle paint. Assault by contact-family violence: 200 block Veterans Ave. (No charges filed).
AirForceTimes.com
March 29, 2018
Although a lot of people have seen the northern lights, Air Force Lt. Col. Ross Franquemont had a view that was unique, reports CBS News. Fraquemont's view was up close from a U-2 he was piloting last month over Canada. Fortunately, he's also an amateur photographer who, as with any goodÃÂ ...
The Sun
March 28, 2018
A TRIP to see the Northern Lights costs an arms and a leg - but this air force pilot got the best view and was paid to watch them. Ross Franquemont couldn't believe his luck as he captured a series of stunning photographs while flying right through the aurora. Ross Franquemont couldn't believe his luck asÃÂ ...
Metro Newspaper UK
March 28, 2018
IT'S not easy to take a good photo when you're flying a U-2 spy plane at about 500mph. But US air force pilot Ross Franquemont managed to grab a stunning selfie that shows the majestic northern lights as you've never seen them before. The image shows him flying straight through the aurora borealis,ÃÂ ...
My Modern Met
March 28, 2018
Many photographers are enchanted by the colorful glow of the Northern Lights, but no one has ever photographed them quite like Ross Franquemont. Based out of the Beale Air Force Base in California, Franquemont is a U-2 pilot and instructor with a passion for photography. On a recent overseas missionÃÂ ...
Inside Defense
March 23, 2018
The Air Force is studying whether Lockheed Martin's U-2 can fly until 2100, about five decades longer than its current expected service life, according to Susan Thornton, director for information dominance programs in the service's acquisition branch. "The U-2s are pretty much rebuilt every seven years,"ÃÂ ...
C4ISRNet
March 22, 2018
The U-2 is one of the Air Force's oldest aircraft. But as C4ISRNET recently reported, Beale Air Force Base's 99th Reconnaissance Squadron's pilots, maintainers and mission planners have taken procurement into their own hands, and regularly chat with Silicon Valley companies about new commercialÃÂ ...
The Drive
March 21, 2018
“My strategy is to put as much as we can within the [US military's next six-year budget plan], because we've got room to grow,” Kyle Franklin, Lockheed Martin's U-2 program manager, told FlightGlobal during the visit. This is a significantly different attitude than the company might have had even last year.
Flightglobal
March 16, 2018
In a hangar known as Site 2, opposite the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works on the Palmdale airport runway in California, the 60-year-old ritual of programmed depot maintenance for each of the 27 U-2S "Dragon Lady" aircraft remaining in service continues, a full decade after the US Air Force launched aÃÂ ...
PetaPixel (blog)
March 16, 2018
Want to see what the Northern Lights look like up close? Ross Franquemont can show you. A U-2 spy plane pilot by day and a photographer by night, Franquemont recently had the privilege of photographing the Aurora Borealis from his cockpit at 70,000 feet. Franquemont is a pilot and instructor based outÃÂ ...
Defense Daily Network
March 15, 2018
The study marks a dramatic reversal of fortune for the U-2, which the Air Force once intended to begin retiring in fiscal year 2019. The service scrapped those retirement plans after lawmakers objected, citing strong demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. The U-2 collects severalÃÂ ...
The Denver Post
March 8, 2018
The secretive U-2 program flew its first mission in August 1955 as a high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, according to an Air Force fact sheet. The spy plane – stationed at Beale Air Force Base in California – routinely flies at 70,000 feet where the pilot must wear a pressure suitÃÂ ...
Business Insider
March 7, 2018
Do you remember the stunning photographs from U-2 Dragon Lady pilot and friend Ross Franquemont we published a few days ago? Few days after we published those incredible shots, Ross deployed for an overseas mission. Although we don't know anything about the purpose of the mission, we knowÃÂ ...
Business Insider
February 28, 2018
Ross Franquemont is a U-2 pilot and instructor at the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, based at Beale Air Force Base, California. Fortunately for the rest of the world, he is also a great photographer. In fact, the incredible images you can find in this post were taken by Ross during missions flown at highÃÂ ...
The Aviationist (blog)
February 24, 2018
This is the panorama you get from the cockpit of a legendary U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. Ross Franquemont is a U-2 pilot and instructor at the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, based at Beale Air Force Base, California. Fortunately for the rest of the world, he is also a great photographer. In fact, the incredibleÃÂ ...
Times Daily
December 31, 1999
"I had to understand more about the Cold War to understand more about the U-2 incident to understand more about my father," he said. ... important to remember that chapter in history, and a talk he gave one day to a high school class drove home that point when he started discussing his father's U-2 plane.
Kendall County Now
December 31, 1999
A crowd of Aurora Navy League members and guests packed the meeting room at Grandma's Table in Montgomery on March 20 to hear retired Air Force Lt. Col. Kent Catich talk about his 15 years of flying the U-2 spy plane. Catich is an Aurora native and son of Sharon and Kent Catich, now of NorthÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
December 5, 2017
One of the new aircraft that needed to be disguised was the U-2 spyplane. In April 1960 one of the planes, flying at high altitude, was shot down over the Soviet Union and the CIA pilot, Gary Powers, was taken into captivity and eventually exchanged for a KGB agent in Berlin. But in the 1950s nobody even ...
AnandTech
November 29, 2017
For features, the storage connectivity of the MSI X299 SLI Plus has eight SATA ports from the chipset, as well as two M.2 slots and a U.2 port, which are also funneled through the chipset. Lane sharing and port availability will need to be considered when attaching some of these peripherals, which is an ...
The Aviationist (blog)
November 20, 2017
It Wasn't on the Schedule, but a Late Tip at Aviation Nation Air & Space Expo Gave Us Unique Insights into The Historic U-2. The fine print in every air show schedule reads, “Aircraft appearances are subject to change”. It's a reminder that the primary mission of military aircraft is not display, but operational ...
AnandTech
November 15, 2017
At the SC17 trade show, Micron is demonstrating several currently unavailable products for the enterprise market. Among other things, the company is showcasing its upcoming Micron 9200 ECO U.2 SSD with 11 TB capacity as well as an 8 TB drive that belongs to the Micron 5100-series. The Micron 9200Â ...
Rocky Mountain Collegian
November 8, 2017
At their latest Senate meeting, the Associated Students of Colorado State University, the University's student government, passed a bill advocating for $10,000 from the ASCSU discretionary fund for a study that would look at U+2. Specifically, the occupational study will “focus on the city's existing occupancy ...
Sierra Sun
August 29, 2017
Matt Nussbaum, along with U.S. Air Force Captain and U-2 Pilot Josh ... major and 99th Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 maintenance officer,ÃÂ ...
Digital Trends
August 29, 2017
For decades, the U.S. Air Force has used fast cars to help pilots of the Lockheed Martin U-2 spy plane land. In service since the early days ofÃÂ ...
The Drive
August 28, 2017
The venerable and iconic Lockheed Martin U-2 spy plane, now sixty years into its operational lifespan, is great at many, many things. Flying atÃÂ ...
Motor Authority
August 2, 2017
The Lockheed U-2 spy plane is no easy plane to pilot—especially during takeoff and landings. This is because the plane is extremely sensitiveÃÂ ...
Aviation Week
August 1, 2017
First flight of Lockheed Martin's U-2 took place accidentally on August 1, 1955 when the highly efficient wings inadvertently caused theÃÂ ...
The Drive
August 1, 2017
But perhaps the most famous of all planes to require a car buddy on the ground is the Lockheed Martin U-2, the 1950s-era spy plane stillÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
August 1, 2017
A Tesla Model S sedan has been spotted at RAF Fairford, a sprawling U.S. Air Force base in the United Kingdom, accompanying U-2 spyÃÂ ...
Jalopnik
July 31, 2017
Designed in the 1950s and still used today, the Lockheed U-2 (nicknamed Dragon Lady) is a super specialized, high-altitude spy plane.
Mental Floss
July 25, 2017
That aircraft, the U-2 plane, needed to fly higher than any other manmade object in the skies. That way it could perform recon missions over theÃÂ ...
MyDaytonDailyNews
March 21, 2017
Hundreds of sightings never explained: Of thousands of reports, 701 were never explained, according to a January 1985 letter issued by Wright-Patterson officials.
Aviation International News
March 20, 2017
"Hawk" Carlisle, who retired last week as commander of Air Combat Command, told AIN last November that "we're trying to find the money" to retain the U-2. Now a senior Air Force ISR official has told the Skunk Works leadership that the 27-strong fleet ...
HPCwire (blog)
March 20, 2017
4 dual Intel Xeon processor nodes in a 2U form factor, 24 DIMM slots for up to 3TB of memory, 6 NVMe U.2 drive bays per node, and an SIOM networking card per node; The Supermicro MicroBlade represents an entirely new type of computing platform.
The INQUIRER
March 20, 2017
The P400X, which will initially clock in at 375GB via a PCIe card of U.2 drive, will consume 12-14 watts under a heavy load, which is slightly more power-efficient than competing high-end NAND solutions.
Aviation International News
March 20, 2017
"Hawk" Carlisle, who retired last week as commander of Air Combat Command, told AIN last November that "we're trying to find the money" to retain the U-2. Now a senior Air Force official has told the Skunk Works that the 27-strong fleet will be ...
Scunthorpe Telegraph
March 19, 2017
The Iron led 1-0 through Paddy Madden but John Lundstram equalised before Phil Edwards netted a 91st minute winner. It was a cruel blow on Scunthorpe who now sit five points off second place with teams around them having games in hand.
Aviation International News (blog)
March 14, 2017
NASA's Palmdale-based ER-2 version of the U-2 spyplane will do flybys. There will be plenty to see and do on the ground, including an F-35 static display, and a most interesting series of seminars featuring some fliers who are legends in their own ...
Toronto Sun
March 10, 2017
U 2 are gorgeous & lucky to have each other. Sooo cute! Beautiful." Niki, 30, was given his cue from his mom and then got down on one knee in front of Samantha, 23, and asked her to marry him.
DJ Mag
March 10, 2017
It immediately climbed up the iTunes charts and spawned singles 'Keep It Mello' with rapper Omar LinX, and 'Want U 2'. Headline slots at festivals around the States ensued, including Ultra Music Festival in Miami, as well as his famous appearance at ...
The Register
March 10, 2017
The idea is that MRAM can allow the construction of denser and cooler-running data centre devices. The company's working on M.2 and U.2 versions of the product, too, because even a half-size PCIe device is too large for dense devices. The PCIe devicesÃÂ ...
Mirror.co.uk
March 10, 2017
Tommy Mallet squirmed in a cringeworthy interview as he struggled to answer questions about his future with girlfriend Gerogia Kousoulou.
PC Perspective
March 10, 2017
The onboard audio is powered by Nahimic, which MSI refers to as Audio Boost 4 and it is isolated from the other components on the motherboard to prevent noise.
Aviation International News
March 9, 2017
Adding capability for other, sophisticated sensors positions the Global Hawk to replace the venerable U-2 Dragon Lady, which the Air Force plans to begin decommissioning in 2019.
The Data Center Journal
March 9, 2017
The following image shows an NVMe U.2 (e.g. 8639) drive form factor device that from a distance looks like a SAS device and connector.
AnandTech
March 8, 2017
Later this year Everspin will introduce new denser versions on a custom PCIe card, as well as M.2 drives and 2.5" U.2 using a 15mm height to accommodate two stacked PCBs.
PC Gamer
March 7, 2017
SATA port counts are getting shaved to free resources and space for M.2 and U.2 storage. All the boards here feature at least a pair of M.2 slots, and all are full-speed, 32 Gb/s implementations.
Gloucestershire Live
March 7, 2017
"While early models of the U-2 began service in the mid-1950s, production of today's U-2S fleet was completed in the late 1980s, and is capable of delivering unparalleled performance beyond 2050 as the next generation of an American icon.
SpaceCoastDaily.com
March 7, 2017
ABOVE VIDEO: From flights over the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to surveilling the fight against ISIS, the U-2 Dragon Lady remains an integral asset in U.S.
Gloucestershire Live
March 6, 2017
This is where you can stay up-to-date during the day with everything that is going on in Gloucestershire. Today, we will be at the inquest into the death of Shaun Payne, the 18-year-old from Newent who died in a crash last October.
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