USAF’s 9th ERS swaps Dragons at Fairford

Two Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS) – a component of the USAF’s 9th Reconnaissance Wing (RW) – arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK, on November 3 for the unit’s biannual rotation to and from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, and Beale AFB, California. This USAF-operated Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady (80-1086) of the 9th RW’s 99th ERS taxis along the runway at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK, prior to departing for RAF