The forgotten air war: the silent warriors
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The Price of Vigilance by Larry Tart & Robert Keefe.
This book is a bit esoteric, but it contains a great deal of information on the U. S. airborne radio/clectronic surveillance program which was active from the early 1950's into the 1970's. While the U. S. continues to have an active airborne intel program, its nature has changed from these early missions. The book, while giving an overview of the program, concentrates on a number of incidents which resulted in the loss of U.S. surveillance aircraft and personnel. This book has special meaning for me, as I was among those aircrew who performed these secret missions as a Russian language specialist although I was personally never in harm's way. For those of us involved, this is a heck of a read. For those who were not, it will be informative and perhaps eye-opening, but it will not be a lark in the park. The amount of detail, potentially irrelevant to those not involved, can be overwhelming and the timelines get a little confusing at times. However, if you wish to learn about these secret missions, you will find this book will fit the bill. These missions were classified Top Secret at the time, and even the families of those airmen who flew them did not know what their loved ones were actually doing.
If the history of military recon interests you, I would recommend you read this one.
-- Richard
This book is a bit esoteric, but it contains a great deal of information on the U. S. airborne radio/clectronic surveillance program which was active from the early 1950's into the 1970's. While the U. S. continues to have an active airborne intel program, its nature has changed from these early missions. The book, while giving an overview of the program, concentrates on a number of incidents which resulted in the loss of U.S. surveillance aircraft and personnel. This book has special meaning for me, as I was among those aircrew who performed these secret missions as a Russian language specialist although I was personally never in harm's way. For those of us involved, this is a heck of a read. For those who were not, it will be informative and perhaps eye-opening, but it will not be a lark in the park. The amount of detail, potentially irrelevant to those not involved, can be overwhelming and the timelines get a little confusing at times. However, if you wish to learn about these secret missions, you will find this book will fit the bill. These missions were classified Top Secret at the time, and even the families of those airmen who flew them did not know what their loved ones were actually doing.
If the history of military recon interests you, I would recommend you read this one.
-- Richard
