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Old 21st Sep 2016, 19:01
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Originally Posted by sandiego89
Thanks for the tail # info Airbubba. Some web sources differ on the converted ones- real alphabet soup with the U-2
Absolutely an alphabet soup, some sources call the latest trainer version of the plane a U-2ST, looks like the Air Force fact sheet calls it a TU-2S :

U-2S/TU-2S > U.S. Air Force > Fact Sheet Display

Here's a couple more sources listing the accident aircraft as 80-1068:

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=190267

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q0T2LjJEvg
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