Pilot reaches 2,000 miles
U.S. Air Force Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 pilot, accomplishes his pre-takeoff checks for his final combat sortie May 17, 2013, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Hudson is the 31st pilot in the U-2 program to reach 2,000 sortie flying hours and holds the fourth highest amount of hours for sorties in the U-2 program's 58 years of existence. The aircraft is a single-seat, high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft which provides imagery and signals intelligence to Combatant Commanders. Hudson hails from Fayette, Miss., and is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)
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