U-2 Camaro Chase Car

A Chevrolet Camaro SS sits in front of a U-2 Dragon Lady at Beale Air Force Base Calif.

U-2 camaro chase car. Initially the Air Force used T-33 jet trainers to help act as. The first cars the CIA bought for the U-2 program were picked up incognito straight from unwitting dealerships in Nevada. Speaking of airports the US.

November 23 2012 Military Aviation. The electric car was seen accompanying a U-2S taking off at RAF Fairford earlier this month. However there is a storm brewing on the horizon.

Y ESTERDAY we looked at the role Pontiac G8 GTs are playing for the United States Air Force helping U-2 spy plane missions out of Korea get off and back onto terra. Air Force TU-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft lands while a Chevy Camaro SS chases behind as the mobile chase car at Beale Air Force Base Calif after flying a routine sortie over the local area. As Popular Mechanics points out in an article from 2012 the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady relies.

Their function was to drive fairly close to the U-2 and call out his height above the ground to aid the pilot in the last part of the. A fast chase car. An aircraft now exists that will one day remove the daring pilot and Hollywood style car chases at Beale AFB.

AL DHAFRA AB United Arab Emirates A U-2 pilot sits in a white Camaro at the edge of the runway peering into the hazy desert sky. The second reason for the Camaro chase cars is visibility. Thats right the mighty U-2 needs to be guided for a successful landing from a fast.

More about Camaro chase cars for the U-2 spyplanes. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Drew Buchanan. Despite Pontiacs demise the USAF is still maintaining the G8s for the time being.