Remembering the Dragon Lady : memoirs of the men who experienced the legend of the U-2 spy plane /
With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying airc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Solihull, West Midlands, England :
Helion & Co.,
2011
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| Summary: | With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying aircraft in the US inventory were vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and a number of cross-border flights were shot down. To meet the challenge and improve the survivability, the Lockheed Corporation received approval for their revolutionary design of a new recon aircraft on December 9, 1954. The company began |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 399) and index |
| ISBN: | 1907677852 9781907677854 |