Aircraft and crews faced potential loss and diplomatic embarrassment because unreliable navigation hardware threatened flights monitoring 27 signatory nations under the 1992 Open Skies Treaty.
By Marcus Boone ·
Military installations and civilian gatherings were watched without consent from Kom Oshim Air Base, where a three-man crew captured physical evidence on wet film.
By Miriam Adler ·
Targets were monitored by a tool designed to be difficult to see or hear, while ground crews remained exposed to hostile fire during launch and recovery.
By Miriam Adler ·
Government censors have scrubbed the specifics of a 'contrived incident' meant to provide a casus belli, leaving only the blueprint for armed recovery of pilots expected to be shot down.
By Roy Castellano ·
American pilots faced lethal risks in Cuba when Secretary Dean Rusk warned the Soviets that attacking reconnaissance flights could provoke a return to the hostilities of October.
By Vera Kessler ·