Tactical Reconnaissance In The Cold War

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Tactical Reconnaissance In The Cold War

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Author : Doug Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2005-11-19

Tactical Reconnaissance In The Cold War written by Doug Gordon and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-19 with History categories.

The little-known stories of the United States Air Force pilots who flew alone and unarmed into enemy territory in a world under threat of nuclear war. Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War describes how the United States Air Force tactical reconnaissance units operated from the end of World War II until the 1970s. This was an immensely active period that also included major conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. It was also a period of rapid technological development in aircraft and photographic techniques. This highly-illustrated book includes chapters on: the post-war period in Europe and the East; the Korean Conflict and the role of the 67th TRW from 1950 to 1954; the role of the highly secret RF-86 missions over Red China and the Soviet Far East in the early to mid ’50s; the RB-57A missions out of Bitburg and Yokota flying clandestinely over the Soviet Union and the RF-100A missions that were flown over the Soviet Union from Turkey, Rhine-Main and Yokota; United States Air Forces in Europe; the Cuban Missile Crisis and the role of the RF-101 Voodoos and RB-66s.

Air Force Tac Recce Aircraft

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Author : Paul J. Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2009

Air Force Tac Recce Aircraft written by Paul J. Wagner and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.

A comprehensive history of tactical reconnaissance aircraft produced and operated during the Cold War in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Early Cold War Overflights 1950 1956

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Early Cold War Overflights 1950 1956 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Aerial reconnaissance categories.

Early Cold War Overflights 1950 1956 Appendixes Biographies Of Contributors

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Early Cold War Overflights 1950 1956 Appendixes Biographies Of Contributors written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Aerial reconnaissance categories.

Tactical Reconnaissance

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Author : Raĭr Georgievich Simoni︠a︡n
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Tactical Reconnaissance written by Raĭr Georgievich Simoni︠a︡n and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Political Science categories.

The book sets forth the role and place of reconnaissance in modern combat; its division into constituent parts; the demands made of it; the goal, missions, and objectives of reconnaissance; and the components of reconnaissance, the men and equipment, and the methods of reconnaissance. The fundamentals of organizing and conducting reconnaissance in the main types of combat are explained. The problems of assembling and processing intelligence information are considered. Reconnaissance is a highly important form of support. It is required to furnish the command element and staff at all levels with the information about the enemy, the terrain, and the area of impending actions that is needed for successfully preparing and conducting combat actions. At the present stage, the Soviet Army and Navy have modern, highly effective reconnaissance equipment with which it is possible to locate enemy objectives (targets) quickly, to identify them correctly, and to determine their location (coordinates) with great accuracy.

Dedication And Sacrifice

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Author : History
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

Dedication And Sacrifice written by History and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.

From Kites To Cold War

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Author : Tyler W Morton
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2019-10-15

From Kites To Cold War written by Tyler W Morton and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with History categories.

From Kites to Cold War tells the story of the evolution of manned airborne reconnaissance. Long a desire of military commanders, the ability to see the terrain ahead and gain foreknowledge of enemy intent was realized when Chinese airmen mounted kites to surveil their surroundings. Kite technology was slow to spread, and by the late nineteenth century European nations had developed the balloon and airship to conduct this mission. By 1918, it was obvious that the airplane had become the reconnaissance platform of the future. Used successfully by many nations during the Great War, aircraft technology and capability experienced its most rapid evolutionary period during World War II. Entering the war with just basic airborne imagery capabilities, by V-E and V-J days, air power pioneers greatly improved imagery collection and developed sophisticated airborne signals intelligence collection capabilities. The United States and other nations put these capabilities to use as the Cold War immediately followed. Flying near the periphery of and sometimes directly over the Soviet Union, airborne reconnaissance provided the intelligence necessary to stay one step ahead of the Soviets throughout the Cold War.

Spy Flights Of The Cold War

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Author : Paul Lashmar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Spy Flights Of The Cold War written by Paul Lashmar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.

The author reveals the secret spyplane war which took place in the skies over Soviet Russia during the Cold War.

Sculthorpe Secrecy And Stealth

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Author : Peter B. Gunn
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-02-03

Sculthorpe Secrecy And Stealth written by Peter B. Gunn and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-03 with Transportation categories.

Set in the north Norfolk countryside, Sculthorpe was the hub of offensive operations until its closure in 1944 for upgrading as a base for heavy bombers, its runway ideal for US Strategic Air Command bombers like the B-29. By 1951, it was formally handed over to US control and became a prime front-line nuclear bomber base as well as a centre of intelligence gathering via secret surveillance flights over Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. There are many unanswered questions about the base during this period, not least regarding the 'RAF Special Duties Flight' which carried out two overflights of the Soviet Union in 1952 and 1954. After 1962, the airfield once again became a standby base used by the USAF, the RAF and the Army.

Thinking The Unthinkable

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Author : Nigel Walpole
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10

Thinking The Unthinkable written by Nigel Walpole and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10 with History categories.

'Thinking the Unthinkable' is the result of ten years of sporadic research, involving many visits to the former German Democratic Republic by a small Anglo/German team of military specialists. Their purpose was to explore the lives of RAF and East German fighter and fighter-bomber pilots, in the air and on the ground, at work and play, during the Cold War in North Germany. The book is based largely on personal testimony from these pilots, coupled with facts drawn from official archives and comment from other historical sources. Where possible, political considerations have been avoided and no outright criticism has been intended, readers being left to draw their own conclusions on the thinking, strategies, equipment and tactics discussed. Far from being an intellectual polemic on the Cold War, the text and photographs merely record a slice of history as seen through the eyes of a select few who took up arms in the defence of their respective homelands - and faced each other daily across the Iron Curtain. Nigel Walpole passed out from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1954, and joined No.26 (Day Fighter) Squadron, flying Hunter F.4s on the front line in Germany at RAF Oldenburg. In 1957 he converted to the Swift FR.5, on No.79 (Fighter Reconnaissance) Squadron, and in 1959 began an exchange posting with the USAF at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, flying RF-101 Voodoos in the tactical reconnaissance role. On return to the UK in 1961, he was posted to the Central Fighter Establishment, where he was promoted to squadron leader and given command of No.234 Squadron, equipped with Hunter F.6 and Hunter DFGA 9 aircraft. He returned to Germany in 1965, to command No.2 Squadron, flying Hunter FR.10s committed to armed reconnaissance. This was followed by two years on the Fighter Command Tactical Evaluation team, before promotion to wing commander and an appointment to 16 Parachute Brigade, as the Brigade Air Support Officer (BASO) - this giving him a good perspective of the British Army's use of air power. Staff training at the National Defence College followed a short spell in command of No.12 Squadron, operating overland and maritime strike/attack Buccaneers, followed by a staff appointment at the MOD in London, before he returned to the front line in Germany as Officer Commanding Strike Wing, flying Jaguar GR.1s at RAF Bruggen. Promoted to group captain, he ended his military career in 1988 with four years as Assistant Chief of Staff (Offensive) in the NATO HQ at Rheindahlen, Germany. He then joined British Aerospace as its air weapons advisor, before retiring to take a university degree, and thereafter to write a series of books and articles on the Cold War - as seen from the flight line. He now lives with his Dutch-born wife in Suffolk, UK.