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U-2 Fairford Deployment Paths
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U-2 Fairford Deployment Paths
I've always wanted to spot the U-2, and looking through recent Heads Up notices, I've see mentions lf em heading over Manchester and North Wales at high altitude from RAF Fairford. Is this a frequent occurence, and is there any typical route the Dragon Ladies take over the area? 

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Re: U-2 Fairford Deployment Paths
If you have a Scanner listen out for the Dragon Callsigns, pray for clear skies.. and best of luck.. Black Callsigns take a different routing so will avoid the Manchester North Wales areas.
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Re: U-2 Fairford Deployment Paths
HiJaiAviation wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:24 pmI've always wanted to spot the U-2, and looking through recent Heads Up notices, I've see mentions lf em heading over Manchester and North Wales at high altitude from RAF Fairford. Is this a frequent occurence, and is there any typical route the Dragon Ladies take over the area?![]()
If you check my posts over the last three years regarding the U2 flights you'll see many images of the tracks.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war I have reeled back more pertinent info , but still give basic tracking data whilst inside UK airspace.
Listening alone will not reveal the exact route taken and often can be misleading as U2 pilots , in the main , are rather brief with their transmissions.
There are four main mission tracks , three for Baltic flights and one for the NOROPS ones.
There used to be a fifth route out to the Black Sea area but we have not seen that one used for some time.
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