Reregistered N5126N in August 1982

Reregistered N28AA.

Crashed Opa Locka on January 21, 1982 during crew training

Sold in Panama as HP-936 in 1981.

Withdrawn from use in 1991

When doing some research about this U-2, I was astonished to find I'd seen the very same aircraft just two days before as it is the one suspended in the American Air Museum at Duxford. Now painted in the standard black, the white colours here can be attributed to the fact that the 9th SRW were flying it as a crew trainer. Note the double cockpit (which has now been modified back to single to represent the standard spyplane)

Then flying with resident 84th FIS, this superb-looking late production T-Bird saw service at Yokota AB in Japan at the beginning of the Seventies and was later noted with the 325th TTW. One record suggests to DM for disposal but unable to confirm in other listings

Taken from a runway chase vehicle - quite an experience! This 9th SRW Dragon Lady crashed in the Sea of Japan off Korea on 15.1.92