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

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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)

3 spy aircraft that were also 'weather balloons'

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A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, 2022.
A balloon over Billings, Montana, on February 1.

Chase Doak/via REUTERS

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