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    Deployed Dragon Lady Swoops in Low for a Closer Look at Counterinsurgency

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    Two military aviators in tan/khaki flight suits are posing in front of a large black aircraft inside a hangar. Both wear name tags, pilot wings, unit patches, and US flag patches on their sleeves. The man on the left has his hand resting on the aircraft fuselage while the man on the right stands with arms crossed.

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    04.15.2010

    Photo by Senior Airman Jenifer Calhoun 

    380th Air Expeditionary Wing

    Recently, the U.S. Air Force has awoken a dragon to attack the danger of counter insurgency or COIN operations from the sky by changing its angle of attack -- getting lower for a closer look. Pictured right, Lt. Col. Kirt Stallings, commander, 99th expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, piloted a U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady intelligence, surveillenance and reconnaissance aircraf, like the one shown here, historically low over Afghanistan March 30 while Capt. Matt Nussbaum, shown left, U-2 pilot, is leading the effort to squeeze every drop of usefulness out of every image the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft snaps.

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    Date Taken: 04.15.2010
    Date Posted: 04.15.2010 03:25
    Photo ID: 269323
    VIRIN: 100415-F-6537S-031
    Resolution: 3150x2100
    Size: 2.63 MB
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