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Suntan was the code-name of a prototype reconnaissance aircraft program with the goal of creating a much faster and higher-altitude successor to the U-2 enabled by the use of liquid hydrogen (LH2) as fuel. The program was cancelled in 1958.Stating in 1956 the United States Air Force funded a highly secretive program of research and development on high-speed aircraft for long-range reconnaissance.

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