Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Lockheed U-2
    Latest Model:U-2S
    Last Military Serial:80-1073 USAF
    Construction Number:Article 073
    Compressed ID:Lockheed U-2S sn 80-1073 USAF cn Ar...
    Latest Owner or Location:99th RS, 9th RW, Beale AFB, CA

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TR-1A.

    February 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 80-1073.

    13 March 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX Open House

    13 March 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX Open House.

    January 1991

    Transferred to 17th RW,.

    Redesignated as U-2R.

    By September 1992

    Transferred to 99th RS, 9th RW, Beale AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: BB

    May 1996

    Converted to an U-2S.

    14 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    14 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    17 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: departing RAF Fairford RIAT
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Tom Tessier
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=165694][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Lockheed U-2S, s/n 80-1073 USAF, c/n Article 073[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=165694
    Copyright 1993-2025 www.ww.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.