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Re:U-2: The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace by TigeriusKirk on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:36PM (#25413244)
The trainer versions go in and out of Mather fairly often. I assume they're based at Beale AFB and just use Mather for short training hops.
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Re:U-2: The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace by cornellwright on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:55PM (#25420726)
The U2 I saw at Mather was based a Beale (as were the Air Force folks exhibiting it). They said the U2s get rotated in and out of service/training and that this unit had been all over the world.
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Re:U-2: The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace by CalChris on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:32AM (#25414438)
Mather AFB has been closed since 1993.
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Re:U-2: The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace by TigeriusKirk on Monday December 14, 2020 @08:26AM (#25417212)
At which point it became Sacramento Mather Airport, where the trainers fly in and out of from time to time.
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