Indege y’ingabo zirwanira mu kirere, U-2 Dragon Lady, iherutse gutwara ubutumwa bwayo bwa nyuma bwo gufata kamera mu kigo cya Bill Air Force Base.
Nkuko uwa kabiri yabisobanuye. Liyetona Hailey M. Toledo, Ishami rya 9 ry’Ubutasi rishinzwe ibikorwa rusange, mu nkuru igira iti “Iherezo ry’Igihe: Abatarengeje imyaka 2 ku butumwa bwa nyuma bwa OBC,” ubutumwa bwa OBC buzafata amafoto yo mu misozi miremire ku manywa kandi buzimukira ku ruhande rw’abaterankunga. Aho imirwano ibera hatanzwe n’Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe Ubutasi n’Ubugenge. Iki gikorwa cyemerera icyuma gitunganya filime guhuza filime hafi y’icyiciro cy’ubutasi gikenewe muri ubwo butumwa.
Adam Marigliani, Impuguke mu by’Ubuhanga mu by’Indege muri Collins, yagize ati: “Iki gikorwa gisoza igice cy’imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo mu Kigo cya Bill Air Force no gutunganya filime, kandi gifungura igice gishya mu isi y’ikoranabuhanga.”
Collins Aerospace yakoranye n'umutwe wa 9 w'ubutasi mu kigo cya Beale Air Force Base kugira ngo bakure amashusho ya OBC mu butumwa bw'abasirikare ba U-2 hirya no hino ku isi mu rwego rwo gushyigikira intego z'ingabo zirwanira mu kirere.
Ubutumwa bwa OBC bwamaze imyaka hafi 52 muri Bill AFB, aho bwa mbere bwa U-2 OBC bwakoreshejwe muri Beale AFB mu 1974. OBC yakuwe kuri SR-71, yahinduwe kandi igeragezwa ry’indege kugira ngo ishyigikire urubuga rwa U-2, isimbuza sensor ya IRIS yari imaze igihe kirekire. Nubwo uburebure bwa IRIS bwa santimetero 24 butanga ubwinshi bunini, uburebure bwa OBC bwa santimetero 30 butuma habaho kwiyongera gukomeye mu buryo bwo kureba.
“Itsinda rya U-2 rigumana ubushobozi bwo gukora ubutumwa bwa OBC ku rwego rw’isi yose kandi rifite ubushobozi bwo gushyira ingabo mu bikorwa iyo bikenewe,” ibi byavuzwe na Lt. Col. James Gayser, umuyobozi w’itsinda rya 99 ry’iperereza.
OBC yoherejwe gushyigikira ibikorwa bitandukanye, birimo gufasha mu gihe cy’inkubi y’umuyaga Katrina, impanuka y’uruganda rw’ingufu za kirimbuzi rwa Fukushima Daiichi, na Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, na Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
Ubwo yakoraga muri Afuganisitani, abasirikare ba U-2 bafotoraga igihugu cyose buri minsi 90, kandi imitwe yose yo muri Minisiteri y’Ingabo yakoresheje amashusho ya OBC mu gutegura ibikorwa.
Geiser yagize ati: “Abapilote bose ba U-2 bazakomeza kugira ubumenyi n'ubuhanga bwo gukoresha ibyuma bipima mu butumwa butandukanye n'ahantu ho gukorera kugira ngo bahaze ibyo umuyobozi w'ingabo z'u Rwanda akeneye mu gukusanya amakuru y’ibanze,” uko ni ko Geiser yagize ati. “Uko hakomeza kwiyongera ibisabwa mu gukusanya amakuru, gahunda ya U-2 izagenda irushaho kugira akamaro mu mirwano ku bushobozi butandukanye bwa C5ISR-T no mu mikorere yo kurwanya ingabo zirwanira mu kirere.”
Isozwa rya OBC muri Bill AFB ryemerera inzego z’ubutumwa n’abafatanyabikorwa gushyira imbaraga nyinshi ku bushobozi bw’ubutabazi bw’ibanze, amayeri, ubuhanga n’imikorere, hamwe n’ibitekerezo by’akazi bishyigikira mu buryo butaziguye ikibazo cy’ihungabana ry’umuvuduko kigamije guteza imbere itsinda ryose rya 9 ry’ubutasi.
Itsinda rya U-2 ritanga ubugenzuzi n'ubutasi mu kirere cyo hejuru, ku manywa cyangwa nijoro, mu rwego rwo gushyigikira ingabo za Amerika n'iz'ibihugu bifitanye isano. Ritanga amashusho y'ingenzi kandi ritanga amakuru y'ubutasi ku bafata ibyemezo mu bihe byose by'intambara, harimo ibimenyetso n'imiburo mu gihe cy'amahoro, amakimbirane make n'imirwano ikomeye.
U-2 irashobora gukusanya amashusho atandukanye, harimo ibikoresho bya radar ya electro-optical multispectral, infrared na synthetic aperture bishobora kubikwa cyangwa koherezwa mu bigo bikorerwamo imirimo yo ku butaka. Byongeye kandi, ishyigikira uburyo bwo gupima ikirere mu buryo bwo hejuru kandi bunini butangwa na kamera zikora ibikoresho gakondo bya filime, zigakorwa kandi zigasesengurwa nyuma yo kugwa.
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Igihe cyo kohereza: 21 Nyakanga-2022
