PHOTO: A U-2 pilot took a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon the day before the Air Force shot it down

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 16:26

A U-2 Dragon Lady flies above the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California, Mar. 23, 2016. — A U-2 over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California in March 2016.
US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo)

A US Air Force pilot took a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon before it was shot down.
The Pentagon confirmed the photo's authenticity after it began circulating online this week.
The pilot, flying a U-2 spy aircraft, took the image a day before the balloon was downed by an F-22.

A US Air Force pilot managed to capture a selfie with a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon the day before it was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, the Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday.