latimes:

U.S. may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expected: The Pentagon has proposed delaying a plan to replace the U-2s with RQ-4 Global Hawk drones because of Defense Department cutbacks.

Photo: A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane flies in this undated file photo. For more than half a century, the CIA and U.S. military have relied on the sinister-looking black jet to go deep beyond enemy lines for vital intelligence-gathering missions. Credit: U.S. Air Force / Getty Images

(出典: Los Angeles Times)