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Sunday, October 15, 2006

U.S. Air Force considers pilotless U-2
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, Michael Wynne, told C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" that combatant commanders want him to slow down the retirement of the U-2.

The Air Force had gotten permission to retire the U-2 by 2011 but combatant commanders want the Air Force to prove that the Global Hawk can provide the same capability as the U-2.

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