The tube food was "BAD" in 1968. We did not have a "relief" system in the suit - not even a diaper. Came home in pain, almost ankle deep, many times.

Absolutely right about the view. Wish we had digital cameras in 1968 - over Alaska at 70,000 with northern lights surounding you in "sheets of green light."

Also it will be the finest group of professionals you will ever work with in your life. The best USAF assignment I ever had.

The new U-2 cockpit is amazing. NASA is about to upgrade their WB (RB) -57F cockpit. There is even talk about new engines. This is what we lived with in the "old days."