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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McIlmoyle, Gerald E.
Otros Autores: Bromley, Linda Rios
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Co., 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (page 399) and index.
ISBN:9781907677854
1907677852