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 intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Hopkins III., R.
Title
Spyflights and Overflights. Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance. Volume 1: 1945-1960
Details
English text, 150 colour photographs, large format. 200 pages.
