Matthew Robeson reviews a small scale kit of one of the most popular spy planes - the Lockheed U-2R "Dragon Lady", released by Dragon.
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Cold War (1950-1974)
Discuss the aircraft modeling subjects during the Cold War period.
Discuss the aircraft modeling subjects during the Cold War period.
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1:144 U-2R "Dragon Lady"Mecenas
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Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - 05:29 AM UTC
Jessie_C
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Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - 08:51 AM UTC
I think you'll find that the one based at RAF Mildenhall is actually USAF, not RAF. The USAF's U2s usually carried minimal markings (and even spurious ones, to throw off potential Soviet spies) during the Cold War.