The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program: 1954-1974
The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the development of the U-2 which was half jet-half glider; why half of all UFO sightings during the text years of the U-2 were actually U-2 sightings; U-2 flights over Russia (the Francis Gary Powers shoot-down in May, 1960), flights over the Soviet Vloc, the Middle East, Asia, North Vietnam and Latin America and the geopolitical significance of high-flight spy planes. This is the first commercial publication of these formerly Top Secret files.
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The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program: 1954-1974
The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the development of the U-2 which was half jet-half glider; why half of all UFO sightings during the text years of the U-2 were actually U-2 sightings; U-2 flights over Russia (the Francis Gary Powers shoot-down in May, 1960), flights over the Soviet Vloc, the Middle East, Asia, North Vietnam and Latin America and the geopolitical significance of high-flight spy planes. This is the first commercial publication of these formerly Top Secret files.
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The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program: 1954-1974

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The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the development of the U-2 which was half jet-half glider; why half of all UFO sightings during the text years of the U-2 were actually U-2 sightings; U-2 flights over Russia (the Francis Gary Powers shoot-down in May, 1960), flights over the Soviet Vloc, the Middle East, Asia, North Vietnam and Latin America and the geopolitical significance of high-flight spy planes. This is the first commercial publication of these formerly Top Secret files.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780930751098
Publisher: Sharon's Books
Publication date: 08/01/2001
Series: Top Secret (New Century)
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.32(w) x 9.22(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1Searching for a System1
The Need for High-Altitude Reconnaissance
Early Postwar Aerial Reconnaissance
New Approaches to Photoreconnaissance
The Air Force Search for a New Reconnaissance Aircraft
Lockheed CL-282 Supporters and the CIA
Scientists and Overhead Reconnaissance
The Beacon Hill Report
Concern About the Danger of a Soviet Surprise Attack
The Air Force Intelligence Systems Panel
British Overflight of Kapustin Yar
The Intelligence Systems Panel and the CL-282
The Technological Capabilities Panel
Project Three Support for the Lockheed CL-282
A Meeting With the President
CIA and Air Force Agreement on the CL-282
Chapter 2Developing the U-248
The Establishment of the U-2 Project
Funding Arrangements for Project Aquatone
Major Design Features of the U-2
The Development of the Camera System
Preparations for Testing the U-2
Security for the U-2 Project
The CIA--Air Force Partnership
Technical Challenges to High-Altitude Flight
Delivery of the First U-2
Initial Testing of the U-2
U-2s, UFOs, and Operation Blue Book
Hiring U-2 Pilots
Pilot Training
Final Tests of the U-2
Three Fatal Crashes in 1956
Coordination of Collection Requirements
Preparations To Handle the Product of U-2 Missions
The Impact of the Air Force Project Genetrix Balloons
Aquatone Briefings for Selected Members of Congress
The U-2 Cover Story
Chapter 3U-2 Operations in the Soviet Bloc and Middle East, 1956-1958100
The Development of Detachment A to (location deleted)
The Move to Wiesbaden
President Eisenhower's Attitude Toward Overflights
First Overflights of Eastern Europe
First U-2 Flights Over the Soviet Union
Soviet Protest Note
The End of the Bomber Gap
Tactical Intelligence From U-2s During the Suez Crisis
Renewed Overflights of the Soviet Union
Radar-Deceptive "Dirty Birds"
The New Detachment C
Detachment B Flights from (location deleted)
The Decline of Detachment A
[deleted]
Declining Overflight Activity
Concerns About Soviet Countermeasures Against the U-2
More Powerful Engines for the U-2
Intervention in Lebanon, 1958
[deleted]
The U-2 Project at the Beginning of 1959
Chapter 4The Final Overflights of the Soviet Union, 1959-1960161
The U-2 and the "Missile-Gap" Debate
The Last Overflight: Operation Grand Slam
The Aftermath of the U-2 Downing
The Withdrawal of the Overseas Detachments
The Fate of Francis Gary Powers
Changes in Overflight Procedures After May 1960
Chapter 5U-2 Operations After May 1960199
U-2 Operations in Latin America
U-2 Support to the Bay of Pigs Invasion
Aerial Refueling Capability for the U-2
U-2 Coverage During the Cuban Missile Crisis
U-2s Over [deleted]
U-2 Operations in Asia
Detachment C and the [deleted]
China Offshore Islands Dispute of 1958
U-2 Support for [deleted]
U-2Cs for Detachment C
U-2 Crash in [deleted]
End of Detachment C Operations
Detachment G Missions Over Laos and North Vietnam
New Detachment [deleted]
Use of [deleted] Aircraft by US Pilots
[deleted]
Increasing Responsibilities, Inadequate Resources in Asia
[deleted]
[deleted]
[deleted]
[deleted]
[deleted]
Operation SCOPE SHIELD Over North Vietnam
Improvements in U-2 Technology
Modifications of U-2s for Aircraft Carrier Deployment
[deleted]
A New Version of the U-2
Replacement of the Original U-2s With U-2Rs
The Final Years of the U-2
Support to Other Agencies
Overseas Deployment Exercises and Missions
The Phaseout of the Office of Special Activities
Chapter 6The U-2's Intended Successor: Project OXCART, 1956-1968
[deleted]
Chapter 7Conclusion241
U-2 Overflights of the Soviet Union
[deleted]
U-2s as Collectors of Tactical Intelligence
Advances in Technology
Cooperation With the Air Force
Impact of the Overhead Reconnaissance Program on the CIA
Appendix AAcronyms251
Appendix BKey Personnel254
[deleted]
Annotated Bibliography265
About the Editor267
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