SR-71 & U-2, 9th Strategic Reconnaisance Wing, Beale AFB

SR-71 & U-2, 9th Strategic Reconnaisance Wing, Beale AFB Air Force Now Title sequence 07:01:16 Hanger door lifts open revealing SR-71 ”Blackbird” airplane. Taxiing out past camera. 9th Strategic Reconnaisance Wing, Beale AFB. 07:01:47 Pilot Capt. Rich Hudson to camera on 9th Wing mission. Aerial of SR-71 Blackbird taking off; U-2, Dragon Lady airplane toward camera. 07:02:19 Interview about SR-71 “more of an national asset.” Capt. Frank Kelly describes typical day & mssion. Eating breakfast, dressing in pressure suit. Plane maintenance; pilot into plane. 07:03:27 Taxiing out of hanger, take off and in flight “If you fired a 30-06 at our tail pipe...we would outrun the bullet.”. 07:03:54 U-2 mechanic & shots of U-2 plane, man boarding. 07:04:20 Capt. Mike Danielle interviewed. U-2 takes off & in flight. VO U-2 flyer; mobile controller to help U-2 land as pilot view is very limited. U-2 stall landing followed by controller in Chevrolet El Camino. 07:06:15 Maintenance department for U-2. Views of maintenance crew working on plane. 07:07:06 SR-71 landing directly overhead. U-2 taking off. Recruiting Propaganda; Spying; Aerial Reconnaisance; Cold War; Antii-Communism;