Lockheed U-2

1955 reconnaissance aircraft family by Lockheed
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Lockheed U-2
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Lockheed U-2

Summary

Lockheed U-2 is an aircraft family[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of aircraft_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,860 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lockheed U-2's image is recorded as 5th Reconnaissance Squadron - U-2 Osan.jpg[3].
  • Lockheed U-2's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[4].
  • Lockheed U-2's operator is recorded as United States Air Force[5].
  • Lockheed U-2's operator is recorded as Central Intelligence Agency[6].
  • Lockheed U-2's manufacturer is recorded as Lockheed Corporation[7].
  • Lockheed U-2's GND ID is recorded as 4277838-4[8].
  • Lockheed U-2's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85139223[9].
  • Lockheed U-2's subclass of is recorded as reconnaissance monoplane[10].
  • Lockheed U-2's subclass of is recorded as reconnaissance landplane[11].
  • Lockheed U-2's subclass of is recorded as land-based jet airplane[12].
  • Lockheed U-2's subclass of is recorded as single-jet aircraft[13].
  • Lockheed U-2's subclass of is recorded as military monoplane with 1 engine[14].
  • Lockheed U-2's subclass of is recorded as high-altitude long endurance[15].
  • Lockheed U-2's designed by is recorded as Kelly Johnson[16].
  • Lockheed U-2's Commons category is recorded as Lockheed U-2[17].
  • Lockheed U-2's country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • Lockheed U-2's has part is recorded as Lockheed U-2A[19].
  • Lockheed U-2's has part is recorded as Lockheed U-2C[20].
  • Lockheed U-2's has part is recorded as Lockheed U-2S[21].
  • Lockheed U-2's has part is recorded as Lockheed ER-2[22].
  • Lockheed U-2's first flight is recorded as +1955-08-01T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Lockheed U-2's source of energy is recorded as JPTS[24].
  • Lockheed U-2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07y3p[25].
  • Lockheed U-2's service entry is recorded as +1956-06-20T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Lockheed U-2's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lockheed U-2[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Lockheed U-2's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[4].

Why It Matters

Lockheed U-2 ranks in the top 2% of aircraft_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,860 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . nationalmuseum.af.mil. nationalmuseum.af.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . lockheedmartin.com. lockheedmartin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . cia.gov. cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The CIA and the U-2 Program, 1954–1974. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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