The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974
, by Fensch, ThomasNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780930751104 | 0930751108
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/1/2001
Searching for a System | p. 1 |
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 | |
Developing the U-2 | p. 48 |
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 | |
U-2 Operations in the Soviet Bloc and Middle East, 1956-1958 | p. 100 |
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 | |
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Declining Overflight Activity | |
Concerns About Soviet Countermeasures Against the U-2 | |
More Powerful Engines for the U-2 | |
Intervention in Lebanon, 1958 | |
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The U-2 Project at the Beginning of 1959 | |
The Final Overflights of the Soviet Union, 1959-1960 | p. 161 |
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 | |
U-2 Operations After May 1960 | p. 199 |
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 | |
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Increasing Responsibilities, Inadequate Resources in Asia | |
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Operation SCOPE SHIELD Over North Vietnam | |
Improvements in U-2 Technology | |
Modifications of U-2s for Aircraft Carrier Deployment | |
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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 | |
The U-2's Intended Successor: Project OXCART, 1956-1968 | |
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Conclusion | p. 241 |
U-2 Overflights of the Soviet Union | |
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U-2s as Collectors of Tactical Intelligence | |
Advances in Technology | |
Cooperation With the Air Force | |
Impact of the Overhead Reconnaissance Program on the CIA | |
Acronyms | p. 251 |
Key Personnel | p. 254 |
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Annotated Bibliography | p. 265 |
About the Editor | p. 267 |
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