American spy plane’s film camera taken away
- July 6, 2022
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The US Air Force will abandon analog cameras on drones. The National Interest writes that the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft has been extracted from the Optical Bar
The US Air Force will abandon analog cameras on drones. The National Interest writes that the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft has been extracted from the Optical Bar Camera (OBC).
Beale Air Force Base, where the U-2s are stationed, said the U.S. Air Force’s 9th Reconnaissance Wing made its final U-2 flight with OBC camera on June 24. The camera allows you to photograph objects on the ground.
Each roll of OBC film is said to be 3,200 meters long. The aircraft can take about 1,600 photos during a flight. Each frame represents an area of approximately 380 square kilometers.
The camera of the U-2 aircraft was used to film the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, and during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft made its first flight in 1955. The U-2 has a large wingspan and low weight. This allows the aircraft to fly at an altitude of more than 21,000 meters.
Source: Port Altele
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