Spyflights and Overflights: Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance, Volume 1: 1945-1960

by Robert Hopkins and Robert S. Hopkins III

Few aviation subjects have been shrouded in more secrecy or been more controversial than cold war aerial reconnaissance. Former reconnaissance pilot Robert S. Hopkins, III, offers new insights into strategic intelligence flights during the early years of the cold war. Primarily undertaken by RB-50s and RB-47s of the Strategic Air Command and by CIA U-2s, other Western nations such as Britain, Sweden, and Taiwan were equally committed to gathering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902109503
• ISBN13: 9781902109503
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Hikoki
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.4" x 11.7"