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Reaching up high takes a team for U-2 pilots
51st Fighter Wing
Video by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Bugenig, Senior Airman Darien Perez
Nov. 20, 2019 | 2:00
U-2 pilots reach an average altitude of 70,000 feet to perform reconnaissance missions. Without suiting up, the air pressure changes would make their blood boil and cause blood vessels to pop. More