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I saw a U-2 at an airshow (California Capitol Airshow at Mather) and it also looked beat up. I asked about it and they said that it's a working airplane, not so
by cornellwright 6y ago
I saw a U-2 at an airshow (California Capitol Airshow at Mather) and it also looked beat up. I asked about it and they said that it's a working airplane, not some show piece. Basically it just had a lot of hours on it since it was last repainted.
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoThe 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.
- CalChris 6y agoMather AFB has been closed since 1993.
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoAt which point it became Sacramento Mather Airport, where the trainers fly in and out of from time to time.
- cornellwright 6y agoThe 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.