page_title: Lockheed U-2
section_title: Specifications (U-2S)
hierarchical_section_title: Lockheed U-2 / Specifications (U-2S)
caption_attribution_description: English: Lockheed U-2, 2008 airshow at Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin, USA
context_page_description: The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency. It provides day and night, high-altitude, all-weather intelligence gathering.
  Lockheed Corporation originally proposed it in 1953, it was approved in 1954, and its first test flight was in 1955. It was flown during the Cold War over the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, and Cuba. In 1960, Gary Powers was shot down in a CIA U-2A over the Soviet Union by a surface-to-air missile. Major Rudolf Anderson Jr. was shot down in a U-2 during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
  U-2s have taken part in post-Cold War conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and supported several multinational NATO operations. The U-2 has also been used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, scientific research, and communications purposes. The U-2 is one of a handful of aircraft types to have served the USAF for over 50 years, along with the Boeing B-52 and Boeing KC-135. The newest models entered service in the 1980s, and the latest model, the U-2S, had a technical upgrade in 2012.
context_section_description: Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1989–90, United States Air Force Lockheed Martin U-2S product card
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Capacity: 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) payload
  Length: 63 ft 0 in (19.20 m)
  Wingspan: 103 ft (31 m)
  Height: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m)
  Wing area: 1,000 sq ft (93 m²)
  Airfoil: root: NACA 63A409; tip: NACA 63A406
  Empty weight: 16,000 lb (7,257 kg)
  Max takeoff weight: 40,000 lb (18,144 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 2,950 US gal (2,460 imp gal; 11,200 l)
  Powerplant: 1 × General Electric F118-101 turbofan engine, 17,000 lbf (76 kN) thrust
  Performance
  Cruise mach number: Mach 0.715 (470 kn; 540 mph; 880 km/h) at 72,000 ft (22,000 m)
  Cruise speed: 413 kn (475 mph, 765 km/h) at 65,000 ft (20,000 m)
  Stall speed: 65 kn (75 mph, 120 km/h) 
  Range: 6,090 nmi (7,010 mi, 11,280 km) plus
  Endurance: 12 hours
  Service ceiling: 80,000 ft (24,000 m) plus
  Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min (46 m/s)
  Time to altitude: 60,000 ft (18,000 m) in 12 minutes 30 seconds
  Lift-to-drag: 25.6
  Wing loading: 40 lb/sq ft (200 kg/m²)
  Thrust/weight: 0.425
  Fuel consumption: 910 lb/h (410 kg/h) in cruise
caption: A two-seat TU-2S
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