Inqwelo-moya yokujonga yoMkhosi woMoya ephakame kakhulu, esebenza kuzo zonke iimeko zemozulu, i-U-2 Dragon Lady, kutshanje ikhuphe uthumo lwayo lokugqibela lwekhamera ye-optical strip eBill Air Force Base.
Njengoko owesibini echazile. ULieutenant Hailey M. Toledo, i-9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs, kwinqaku elithi “Ukuphela kwexesha: ii-U-2 kwi-Last OBC Mission,” i-OBC mission iya kuthatha iifoto eziphakamileyo emini kwaye iya kutshintshela phambili kwenkxaso. Indawo yokulwa ibonelelwe yi-National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Le ntshukumo ivumela iprosesa ukuba idibanise ifilimu kufutshane nengqokelela yokuhlaziya efunekayo kwi-mission.
UAdam Marigliani, iNgcali yeNkxaso yoBunjineli beZinqwelomoya eCollins, uthe: “Lo msitho uvala isahluko esithathe amashumi eminyaka kwiBill Air Force Base kunye nokucutshungulwa kweefilimu kwaye uvula isahluko esitsha kwihlabathi ledijithali.”
I-Collins Aerospace isebenze ne-9th Intelligence Squadron eBeale Air Force Base ukukhuphela imifanekiso ye-OBC kwimisebenzi ye-U-2 kwihlabathi liphela ukuxhasa iinjongo ze-Air Force.
Imishini ye-OBC yasebenza eBill AFB phantse iminyaka engama-52, kunye ne-U-2 OBC yokuqala eyathunyelwa kwiBeale AFB ngo-1974. Ithathwe kwi-SR-71, i-OBC yaguqulwa kwaye yavavanywa ngendiza ukuxhasa iqonga le-U-2, yathatha indawo ye-IRIS sensor ende. Ngelixa ubude be-IRIS obuyi-24 intshi bubonelela ngokubanzi, ubude be-OBC obuyi-30 intshi buvumela ukwanda okukhulu kwesisombululo.
“I-U-2 iyakwazi ukwenza imisebenzi ye-OBC kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ikwazi nokusasaza amandla xa kuyimfuneko,” utshilo uLt. Col. James Gayser, umphathi we-99th Reconnaissance Squadron.
I-OBC imiselwe ukuxhasa imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo, kuquka uncedo lweNkanyamba uKatrina, isiganeko sesikhululo samandla enyukliya saseFukushima Daiichi, kunye ne-Enduring Freedom, i-Iraqi Freedom, kunye nemisebenzi ye-Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
Ngethuba besebenza eAfghanistan, ii-U-2 zazithatha imifanekiso yelizwe lonke rhoqo emva kweentsuku ezingama-90, kwaye iiyunithi kulo lonke iSebe lezoKhuselo zazisebenzisa imifanekiso ye-OBC ukucwangcisa imisebenzi.
“Bonke abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-2 baza kugcina ulwazi kunye nezakhono zokusebenzisa izixhobo zokubona kwiiseti ezahlukeneyo zemishini kunye neendawo zokusebenza ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zokuqokelela ulwazi eziphambili zomphathi welizwe,” utshilo uGeiser. “Njengoko isidingo seemfuno ezahlukeneyo zokuqokelela siqhubeka sikhula, inkqubo ye-U-2 iya kutshintsha ukuze igcine ukuhambelana kwemfazwe kubuchule obahlukeneyo be-C5ISR-T kunye neendima zokulwa nokuhlanganiswa koMkhosi woMoya.”
Ukuvalwa kwe-OBC kwiBill AFB kuvumela iiyunithi zomsebenzi kunye namaqabane ukuba bagxile kumandla angakumbi kwizakhono zongxamiseko, amaqhinga, iindlela kunye neenkqubo, kunye neengcinga zengqesho ezixhasa ngokuthe ngqo ingxaki yomngcipheko wesantya ebekelwe ukuqhubela phambili lonke i-mission 9th Reconnaissance Wing.
I-U-2 ibonelela ngovavanyo kunye nokuhlola kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, imini nobusuku, ngokuxhasa ngokuthe ngqo imikhosi yase-US kunye nemikhosi ehlangeneyo. Ibonelela ngemifanekiso ebalulekileyo kunye nokubonisa ulwazi kubenzi bezigqibo ngexesha leengxabano zonke, kubandakanya izibonakaliso kunye nezilumkiso zexesha loxolo, ingxabano engaphantsi kwamandla kunye nemfazwe enkulu.
I-U-2 iyakwazi ukuqokelela imifanekiso eyahlukeneyo, kuquka iimveliso zeradar ze-electro-optical ezininzi, i-infrared kunye ne-synthetic aperture ezinokugcinwa okanye zithunyelwe kumaziko ophuhliso lomhlaba. Ukongeza, ixhasa ukugubungela kwemozulu okunesisombululo esiphezulu, okubanzi okunikezelwa ziikhamera ze-optical strip ezivelisa iimveliso zefilimu zemveli, eziphuhliswe kwaye zihlalutywe emva kokuba zifike.
Fumana iindaba ezilungileyo zeenqwelo moya, amabali kunye neempawu ezivela kwi-Aviation Geek Club kwincwadana yethu yeendaba, ezithunyelwa ngqo kwi-inbox yakho.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Julayi-21-2022
