Bill Grimes

The story of an Air Force program, called "BIG SAFARI", which performed rapid modifications, mostly on airplanes conducting reconnaissance and surveillance. It begins after WWII and into the present, 2014 publication date. The purpose of the program was to shorten acquisition times so that the USA could react to changes in opposition (largely Soviet) systems. Thus, the story is about those systems and accurately describes the ones that I have flown or have been associated. Further, the story is mostly about collection systems and doesn't talk much about the airplanes. The 1 inch thick book contains a lot of research, many pictures and not just a few facts; it must have involved a massive public affairs and declassification effort by the PA folks at Wright Patterson. Thanks to Bill Grimes for the book. RIP.… (plus d'informations)