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When peace came to America (1945) -- The peace that wouldnt take (1947) -- More secret than the Manhattan Project (1952) -- To the Yalu River and beyond (1950) -- Honey Bucket Honshos of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1952) -- The 19th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1955) -- The incredible RF-86F sabre jet (1952-1955) -- Remembering Major Rudolph Rudy Anderson (1953-1955) -- The last hurrah of the Wild Bunch (1954-1955) -- The short-lived RB-57A Heart Throb program (1955-1956) -- The RB-57A-1 Heart Throb: a challenging plane to fly (1955-1956) -- A P2V-7 Neptune surviving the Czechoslovak border (1956) -- Franz Josef land (1952) -- Teamwork: P2V and RB-50E (1952) -- Come the B/RB-47 Stratojet (1952)-- Challenging the Russian bear (1954) -- Slick Chick RF-100AS (1955-1956) -- Project home run: RB-47S over Siberia (1956) -- Fate is the hunter: the shootdown of RB-47H 53-4281 over the Barents Sea (1960) -- The RB-57D that killed the SENSIT program (1956) -- The Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of a raven (1962) -- The last flight of RB-47H 53-4290 over the sea of Japan (1964) -- An unintentional overflight of East Germany (1964) -- The reasons why (1948-1960) -- The price we paid (1945-1993).;The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage is a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union, its allies, and the Peoples Republic of China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots who flew these dangerous missions. In 1952 the number of flights expanded, and the highly classified SENSINT program was born. Soon, American RB-45C, RB-47E/H, RF/100s, and various versions of the RB-57 were in the air on an almost constant basis, providing the president and military leadership with hard facts about enemy capabilities and intentions. Eventually the SENSINT program was replaced by the high-flying U-2 spy plane. The U-2 overflights removed the mysteries of Soviet military power. These flights remained active until 1960 when a U-2 was shot down by Russian missiles, leading to the end of the program. Shortly thereafter planes were replaced by spy satellites. The overflights were so highly classified that no one, planner or participant, was allowed to talk about them--and no one did, until the overflight program and its pictorial record was declassified in the 1990s. Through extensive research of existing literature on the overflights and interviews conducted by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, this book reveals the story of the entire overflight program through the eyes of the pilots and crew who flew the planes. Samuels account tells the stories of American heroes who risked their lives--and sometimes lost them--to protect their country. -- Provided by publisher.

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SILENT WARRIORS INCREDIBLE COURAGE SILENT WARRIORS INCREDIBLE COURAGE - photo 1

SILENT
WARRIORS,
INCREDIBLE
COURAGE

SILENT
WARRIORS,
INCREDIBLE
COURAGE

The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them

WOLFGANG W. E. SAMUEL

Colonel, United States Air Force (Ret.)

Foreword by R. Cargill Hall

University Press of Mississippi / Jackson

The University Press of Mississippi is the scholarly publishing agency of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning: Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and University of Southern Mississippi.

www.upress.state.ms.us

The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of University Presses.

Copyright 2019 by University Press of Mississippi

All rights reserved

Manufactured in the United States

First printing 2019

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Samuel, Wolfgang W. E., author. | Hall, R. Cargill, author of foreword.

Title: Silent warriors, incredible courage : the declassified stories of Cold War reconnaissance flights and the men who flew them / Wolfgang W. E. Samuel ; foreword by R. Cargill Hall.

Description: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2018041329 (print) | LCCN 2018045460 (ebook) | ISBN 9781496822802 (epub single) | ISBN 9781496822819 (epub institutional) | ISBN 9781496822826 (pdf single) | ISBN 9781496822833 (pdf institutional) | ISBN 9781496822796 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: United States. Air ForceAirmen--Interviews. | Aerial reconnaissance, American. | Aerial observation (Military science)History20th century. | Cold WarHistory. | LCGFT: Personal narratives.

Classification: LCC UG626 (ebook) | LCC UG626 .S27 2019 (print) | DDC 358.4/54097309045dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018041329

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available

Dedicated to the brave men who flew alone into harms way to ensure the survival of our country in the nuclear age.

In memory of all those who could talk to no one about the dangerous missions they flew and who perished serving our country, resting in their watery graves.

I wrote this book so we do not forget what a few did for the manyat the risk of their lives.

CONTENTS TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AAA Antiaircraft artillery AAF - photo 2

CONTENTS

TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAA

Antiaircraft artillery

AAF

Army Air Forces

AC

Aircraft commander in SAC

AFB

Air Force Base

AGL

Above ground level

Aileron

Moveable wing control surface to bank an airplane

ATC

Air Training Command

CFC

Central Fire Control RB-29/RB-50

CG

Center of gravity

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CO

Commanding Officer

CP

Copilot

DFC

Distinguished Flying Cross

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DMZ

Demilitarized Zone

ECM

Electronic countermeasures

EGT

Exhaust gas temperature

EOB

Electronic Order of Battle

EW

Electronic warfare

EWO

Electronic warfare officer

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FEAF

Far East Air Forces

GCA

Ground control approach radar

GCI

Ground control intercept radar

Heart Throb

RB-57A-1 reconnaissance aircraft

HF

High frequency

IFF

Identification friend or foe (responder)

IFR

Instrument flight rules

Indicated

Airspeed as shown on an airspeed indicator; not necessarily the actual speed of the aircraft

IP

Instructor pilot

LSO

Landing ship officer

Mach

Speed in relation to the speed of sound

MiG

Russian aircraft designed by the Mikoyan and Gurovich Design BureauMiG-15, -17, -19, and -21

NCO

Noncommissioned officer

NRO

National Reconnaissance Office

NSA

National Security Agency

PARPRO

Peripheral Reconnaissance Program

POW

Prisoner of war

PRC

Peoples Republic of China (Communist China)

RAF

Royal Air Force

Raven

Electronic warfare officer (55th SRW)

ROK

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

SAC

Strategic Air Command

SAM

Surface-to-air missile

SENSINT

Sensitive Intelligence Program

Slick Chick

F-100A aircraft modified into an RF-100A-1

SRS

Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

SRW

Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

Stall

The point at which a wing no longer produces lift

TAC

Tactical Air Command

TDY

Temporary duty

TRS

Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

TRW

Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

UHF

Ultrahigh frequency (radio)

USAF

United States Air Force

USAFE

United States Air Forces Europe (USSTAF)

USSTAF

United States Strategic Air Forces

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VFR

Visual flight rules

FOREWORD

In the work of intelligence, heroes are undecorated and unsung, often even among their own fraternity. Their inspiration is rooted in patriotism; their reward can be little except the conviction that they are performing a unique and indispensable service for their country and the knowledge that America needs and appreciates their efforts.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 3, 1959, at the cornerstone laying ceremony for CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Serving as Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War II, Dwight David Eisenhower oversaw the invasion of France in 1944 and subsequently led Allied forces to victory over the Axis powers on the Western Front. A General of the Army, he is now recognized as one of the most notable American military leaders in our history. Elected president of the United States in 1952, on taking office in January 1953 he directed his attention to ending the Korean War and secured an armistice in July between United Nations forces and those of Communist China and North Korea, which ended hostilities if not the war itself.

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