U-2 - Sweat Shirt Size:4XL Flight Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock

Flight Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock

361st Fighter Group

The jet entered service in 2005 and is used as a multi-role fighter

Eventually in 1960 the company became part of the British Aircraft Corporation

There are still a small number of these legendary aircraft flying today

U-2 - Sweat Shirt Size:4XL Flight Lieutenant Eric Stanley LockLockheed U 2 'Dragon Lady' World War II taught the US military the value of strategic aerial reconnaissance. The Air Force commissioned the Beacon Hill Report that suggested an aircraft was needed that would carry advanced optics and operate at an altitude of over 70,000ft. Clarence Kelly Johnson from Lockheed designed a jet powered glider, the CL282. At this time the design was recommended to the CIA, so in 1955 the aircraft was re designated the U 2