U-2 - T-shirt BBMF Hurricane MKIIC Chengdu J-10

Chengdu J-10

Many types were involved

advanced trainer and light combat fighter

At the onset of the next war

Named after a Spartan leader

U-2 - T-shirt BBMF Hurricane MKIIC Chengdu J-10Lockheed U 2 'Dragon Lady' World War II taught the US military the value of strategic aerial reconnaissance. The Air Force commissioned the Beacon Hill Report that suggested an aircraft was needed that would carry advanced optics and operate at an altitude of over 70,000ft. Clarence Kelly Johnson from Lockheed designed a jet powered glider, the CL282. At this time the design was recommended to the CIA, so in 1955 the aircraft was re designated the U 2