2015年11月11日，中东一处秘密基地，坚定决心行动，美国空军 U-2S 高空侦察机准备起飞。（The U-2 Dragon Lady prepares for take-off at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 7, 2015. The U-2 has been conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in the Air Force for 60 years. Here, its missions support Operation Inherent Resolve, a multi-national effort with a shared objective to degrade and ultimately eliminate the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, otherwise known as ISIL or Da’ish.）

2009年12月30日，美国西南部，余辉中的U-2S高空战术侦察机完成任务后停放在跑道边。这架U-2S被调配到美国空军第380空中远征联队，它的背部有一个大型雷达罩，里面是一个卫星中继系统，其滞空时间超过24小时，巡航高度超过25000米，可全天候执行监视任务，不论白天还是黑夜。（A U-2 assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing taxis down the runway at an air base in Southwest Asia Dec. 30, 2009, after completing a mission. The U-2 provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or night, in direct support of U.S. and allied forces.）