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Chris Pocock

London, United Kingdom
As seen in: Defence Eye, BBC, Taylor & Francis Online, Breaking Defense, Aviation International News, HistoryNet, Kearney Hub, AEROSPACE Magazine, Armada International Defense, Asian Military Review, FutureFlight.aero
aerospace journalist semi-retired but still commenting at makesaerosense.com. Also the unofficial U-2 historian at dragonladyhistory.com
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The Black Cats and an Unsung Hero > Articles

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By James Baron, Chris Pocock
| globalasia.org
ARCHIVE/SEARCH > Articles Articles The Black Cats and an Unsung Hero By James Baron DURING THE FOUR decades of authoritarian rule of Taiwan by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), busts of Taiwan’s dictator Chiang Kai-shek could be found at schools islandwide. Where the Generalissimo’s likeness was not displayed, the moustachioed visage of the “father of the nation,” Sun Yat-sen, could generally be seen in its stead.
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DIVEST OR SUSTAIN THE U-2 DRAGON LADY? A CONFUSING PICTURE

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By Chris Pocock
| dragonladytoday.com
80-1094 makes a low pass during the 2025 Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, UK, where it based then. It returned to Beale AFB in November last year, and was parked awaiting overhaul or disposition. The US Air Force has again made clear its desire to retire the U-2. Three aircraft have already been disassembled and trucked to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB. More have been parked at Beale. The first to be allocated to a museum is now in Albuquerque, NM.
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SUCCESS FOR SINGAPORE’S SEA SKIMMER?

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By Chris Pocock
| makesaerosense.com
an artist’s impression of the AirFish skimming across the open water I’m glad to report progress on an unusual and innovative craft that I first wrote about two years ago for AIN Singapore Airshow News. At the 2026 Singapore show, home-grown aerospace company ST Engineering signed a lease agreement with a ferry company that will use an AirFish Wing-In-Ground Effect (WIG) vessel on services between Singapore and the nearby Indonesian island of Batam.
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