9th RW. Temporarily deployed from july to september while its base at Istres was under runway repairs. for As far as I know this is the only U-2 taken on landing at Aviano with the mountains in the background.
It was a huge treat for me to get to see one of these rare machines for the first time and to top it off, they taxied it right up to the crowd line then shut down.
Taxiing back in after opening the show with a couple of fly overs.
It was a huge treat for me to get to see one of these rare machines for the first time.