Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War: 1945 to Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and The Iron Curtain

by Doug Gordon

Overview

This book 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. The book includes the following:

Introduction: 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. Also 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 Maine and Yokota. United States Air Forces in Europe. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the role of the RF-101 Voodoos and RB-66s.

Color profiles by Robbie Robinson

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526784353
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	02/17/2022
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

With a longstanding interest in the subject, Doug Gordon has set out to explore the role of tactical reconnaissance in the Cold War to the same extent that has often been done for the fighter, fighter bomber and bomber missions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

I Introduction 9

II Korea 15

III Haymakers, Heart Throbs and Slick Chicks 44

IV Usafe 74

V Back Home 152

VI Pacaf Between the Wars 191

VII South-east Asia 214

Appendix I The Aircraft 269

Appendix II Aerial Photography 296

Appendix III Glossary of Abbreviations 312

Bibliography 314

Web Sites 314

Index 315

Editorial Reviews

"...will be of great interest to aircraft modelers and to aviation historians alike."

AMPS Indianapolis