Pentagon to retire U-2 spy plane
An internal classified Pentagon document calls for the retirement of the U-2 from 2007.
Program Budget Decision, or PBD, 720 would see the retirement of three U-2s in 2007, six in 2008, seven in both 2009 and 2010 and the final 10 in 2011.
The U-2 will be replaced by the Global Hawk and its termination is meant to hasten the transition away from manned toward unmanned reconnaissance.
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