The U-2 isn’t an ordinary plane. It’s one of the world’s most challenging to fly, and it requires the pilots to go through pre-flight preparation long before takeoff or risk getting potentially deadly blood complications - and that’s only one of the dangers. So why is this 70-year-old aircraft still in operation? Because it can still do three things that no other part of the US military’s arsenal can.

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