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Historical narrative of the US Air Forces drone reconnaissance operations in the Vietnam War The Air Force flew over 3800 drone combat sorties in Southeast Asia from August 1964 to April 30 1975 when South Vietnam capitulated
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Historical narrative of the US Air Forces drone reconnaissance operations in the Vietnam War The Air Force flew over 3800 drone combat sorties in Southeast Asia from August 1964 to April 30 1975 when South Vietnam capitulated
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Brave men in exceptional aircraft risked overflights of denied territory to bring back rolls of aerial imagery but that was only half their task The personnel of the 67th Recon Tech Squadron finished the work flawlessly processing the film to preserve its content and expertly analyzing every inch to extract intelligence on changes to known targets and to discover new threats Then we had to get that information to strike units and decisionmakers quickly and in a form they could use efficiently This book relies on newly declassified documents and accounts of more than forty people who were there to tell the history of those technicians and that process during critical days in a critical theater of operations
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Brave men in exceptional aircraft risked overflights of denied territory to bring back rolls of aerial imagery but that was only half their task The personnel of the 67th Recon Tech Squadron finished the work flawlessly processing the film to preserve its content and expertly analyzing every inch to extract intelligence on changes to known targets and to discover new threats Then we had to get that information to strike units and decisionmakers quickly and in a form they could use efficiently This book relies on newly declassified documents and accounts of more than forty people who were there to tell the history of those technicians and that process during critical days in a critical theater of operations
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Most books on The Cuban Missile Crisis tell the story using the memoirs of those who advised President Kennedy as he struggled to avoid World War III This book is the only known personal account of the lead photographic reconnaissance squadrons scouting dangerous lowlevel operations flying the supersonic RF8A Crusader during the classified Operation Blue Moon Captain Ecker was the commanding officer of US Navy Light Photographic Squadron 62 VFP62 otherwise known as Fightin Photo during the Cuban Missile Crisis a team created for reconnaissance and aerial photography and consulted on the movie Thirteen Days which included dramatic scenes of his first mission over Cuba on October 23 1962 Blue Moon over Cuba is an authoritative and complete account of the lowlevel reconnaissance that might be said to have helped JFK avert nuclear Armageddon
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More than a tool of policy makers to gather intelligence Air Force reconnaissance efforts shaped early Cold War doctrine and war planning Dr Farquhar argues that a lack of information on Soviet strategic capabilities dominated the organization operational planning and equipment of the postwar Air Force To support his assertion Farquhar traces the development of aerial reconnaissance from the first balloon ascents through World War II as a prelude He then examines early Cold War peripheral reconnaissance and overflights of the Soviet Union He explains the evolution of intelligencegathering technology bureaucratic growth and a relative lack of attention paid to electronic warfare before the Korean War Based primarily on archival sources this book first published in 2004 serves as an excellent reference for air doctrine intelligence and electronic warfare in the formative years of the Cold War
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The story of aerial photo reconnaissance over Europe and the Mediterranean from bases in the United Kingdom is well known But perhaps even more important in terms of strategy and mostly unrecorded was the job of the photographic squadrons in the Far East to discover Japanese movements and intentions within a vast area 2000 miles across within which virtually no other intelligence could otherwise be obtained Flying through appalling weather conditions over some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world against an implacable enemy often in aircraft unsuited to the task and frequently unarmed the crews were until now the forgotten eyes of the Forgotten Army
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Trained as a photo reconnaissance unit Marine Observation Squadron 251 ended up serving as a fighter squadron for the duration of World War II shooting down 32 Japanese aircraft The squadron earned several awards for outstanding performance including the Presidential Unit Citation This book is the first to cover the World War II history of VMFA251 one of the Marine Corps longestserving squadrons The author traces their operations from the units activation on December 1 1941 through Guadalcanal the reduction of Rabaul and their missions over the Philippines in 1945
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Among the different Luftwaffe units that formed the Legion Condor one in particular stands out for its important Naval Air contribution the Aufklärungsstaffel See88 AS88 or the Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron although it was also officially designated the Seefliegerstaffel AS88 or Naval Air Squadron AS88 AS88 Squadron employed the following aircraft during the Spanish campaign Heinkel He 59 bomber torpedo and reconnaissance seaplanes He 60 close reconnaissancebomber seaplanes He 115 A0 reconnaissancetorpedo seaplanes and floatfitted Junkers Ju 52s Presented here are previously unpublished aspects regarding the operations and war service of both the personnel and aircraft of AS88 which during a period of three years participated directly in the Spanish Civil War of 19361939 on the Nationalist side
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Among the different Luftwaffe units that formed the Legion Condor one in particular stands out for its important Naval Air contribution the Aufklärungsstaffel See88 AS88 or the Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron although it was also officially designated the Seefliegerstaffel AS88 or Naval Air Squadron AS88 AS88 Squadron employed the following aircraft during the Spanish campaign Heinkel He 59 bomber torpedo and reconnaissance seaplanes He 60 close reconnaissancebomber seaplanes He 115 A0 reconnaissancetorpedo seaplanes and floatfitted Junkers Ju 52s Presented here are previously unpublished aspects regarding the operations and war service of both the personnel and aircraft of AS88 which during a period of three years participated directly in the Spanish Civil War of 19361939 on the Nationalist side
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During the war Canadian squadrons flew hundreds of operations over the North Atlantic the English Channel the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay Such operations included reconnaissance flights as well as shipping strikes to Norway the Netherlands and the French coast The Canadians proved themselves admirably despite heavy losses some of the heaviest of the war From a force of some 4000 officers and airmen and 270 aircraft at the beginning of the war the RCAF had within four months doubled in strength with 8287 officers and airmen and 14 operational squadrons in Canada In all 48 RCAF squadrons had served overseas by the end of the warThis comprehensive study covers every success achieved by Canadian squadrons listed in Coastal Commands records for World War II including attacks on Uboats and enemy controlled vessels Each operation is reported in meticulous detail from the time of departure current weather hours flown and crew involved to a description of the action itself
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Trained as a photo reconnaissance unit Marine Observation Squadron 251 ended up serving as a fighter squadron for the duration of World War II shooting down 32 Japanese aircraft The squadron earned several awards for outstanding performance including the Presidential Unit Citation This book is the first to cover the World War II history of VMFA251 one of the Marine Corps longestserving squadrons The author traces their operations from the units activation on December 1 1941 through Guadalcanal the reduction of Rabaul and their missions over the Philippines in 1945
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The B47 was the aircraft upon which Strategic Air Command SAC based its capability pending the development and delivery of the B52 First proposed during WWII as a highspeed pistonpowered reconnaissance platform the B47 evolved into what would become the first sweptwing medium jet bomber and SACs most numerous operational aircraft Given its pioneering role as a jet bomber and the ongoing evolution of SACs mission and US national security the B47 had more than its share of teething problems Initial Boeing flight tests mixed triumph with tragedy and demonstrated that an entirely new way of flying a large aircraft was required Poor reliability in the bombingnavigation and firecontrol systems undermined the effectiveness of early B47Bs but were eventually overcome as the aircraft evolved to fill many different roles Used as reconnaissance weather testbed and radio relay platforms one variant the EB47E BLUE CRADLE also demonstrated its versatility as an electronic warfare jammer while the RB47H ERB47H and EB47ETT undertook electronic intelligence and gathered telemetry associated with the Soviet ICBM program Authors Mike Habermehl and former SAC pilot Robert S Hopkins III have combined years of research and experience to provide the ultimate history of the Stratojet
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The B47 was the aircraft upon which Strategic Air Command SAC based its capability pending the development and delivery of the B52 First proposed during WWII as a highspeed pistonpowered reconnaissance platform the B47 evolved into what would become the first sweptwing medium jet bomber and SACs most numerous operational aircraft Given its pioneering role as a jet bomber and the ongoing evolution of SACs mission and US national security the B47 had more than its share of teething problems Initial Boeing flight tests mixed triumph with tragedy and demonstrated that an entirely new way of flying a large aircraft was required Poor reliability in the bombingnavigation and firecontrol systems undermined the effectiveness of early B47Bs but were eventually overcome as the aircraft evolved to fill many different roles Used as reconnaissance weather testbed and radio relay platforms one variant the EB47E BLUE CRADLE also demonstrated its versatility as an electronic warfare jammer while the RB47H ERB47H and EB47ETT undertook electronic intelligence and gathered telemetry associated with the Soviet ICBM program Authors Mike Habermehl and former SAC pilot Robert S Hopkins III have combined years of research and experience to provide the ultimate history of the Stratojet
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ATrain is the story of one of the black Americans who during World War II graduated from Tuskegee AL Flying School and served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps 99th Pursuit Squadron Charles W Dryden presents a fastpaced balanced and personal account of what it was like to prepare for a career traditionally closed to African Americans how he coped with the frustrations and dangers of combat and how he along with many fellow black pilots navigators bombardiers and crewmen emerged with a magnificent war recordUnder the command of Colonel Benjamin O Davis Jr the Tuskegee airmen fought over North Africa Sicily and Europe escorting American bomber crews who respected their nolosses record Some were shot down many of them were killed or captured by the enemy and several won medals of valor and honor But the airmen still faced great barriers of racial prejudice in the armed forces and at home As a member of that elite group of young pilots who fought for their country overseas while being denied civil liberties at home Dryden presents an eloquent story that will touch each and every readernbsp
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Covers early Black aviation and the struggles and glories of the 99th Fighter Squadron which trained near Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
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Offers a closeup look at the pilots and planes of the 99th Squadron an elite intelligencegathering corps of the US Air Force
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