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This is a 1992 CIA History Staff monograph by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, originally classified Secret NOFORN and approved for release in 2013. It covers the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program from 1954 to 1974 and the two aircraft it developed, the U-2 and the A-12 OXCART. The history covers the U-2 overflights of the Soviet Union, the 1960 downing of Francis Gary Powers and later operations in Asia and Latin America. It also includes a section on U-2s, UFOs and Operation BLUE BOOK.
“Canberra”10 pages
RB-58 aircraft 22 Reber, James 81, 114-115, 154, 332 reconnaissance 1-9, 12-19, 21-25, 27, 30-37, 39, 41, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 59, 61-62, 66, 80, 84, 94, 96, 98, 109, 113, 115-116, 119, 122, 126-127, 133, 153-154, 161-162, 188-193, 196-197, 201, 205-206, 208, 210-212, 216, 222-223, 226, 228, 230-233, 240, 249, 253-254, 260, 262-263, 267-268, 270, 287, 291-292, 295, 297-299, 301, 303-304, 308-309, 311-313, 319-322, 327-331, 333, 339, 341-344 reconnaissance aircraft competition reconnaissance aircraft competition 9 reconnaissance drones 301 reconnaissance satellite project 161 "reconnaissance strike" 295 Reconnaissance Systems Branch 4 records, altitude 302 records, speed 302 RED DOT 254 reflecting cube 281 reflective system 55 refueling 114, 198-200, 231, 237, 241, 302, 306, 308 refugees 2 Republic RF-84F Thunderflash 22 Research, Directorate of 192,287 Research and Development, Director of 66 Research and Reports (ORR), Office of 21,81,237 Returnee Exploitation Group (REG) 2 Revolutionary Council 212 Index Ridenour, Louis N. 18 Ridenour Associates, Inc. 18 Ritland, Osmond 56,61,70,78 ROBIN 23 ROBIN HOOD 211 Robinson, Robert 164 rocket planes 60 rocket-powered aircraft 312 Rodgers, Franklin A. 129, 267-268, 274, 332 Rodgers' Effect 267 Rolls-Royce Avon-109 engines 5,23 Romania 101 Root, L. Eugene 9,24 Rose, Wilburn S. 40, 79-80 Ruseckas, Joseph 63 Rusk, Dean 183,201,209,236,293,304,307
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 406 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.