15 Days to Clear Missile Units After Castro Blocked UN Inspectors
Castro viewed UN inspectors as a humiliation and confirmed a U-2 pilot died because he could not bail out, while the Soviets pushed to lift the US quarantine.
By Roy Castellano ·
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Air Force mapped Desert Storm ruins via 84 Mbps radar stream
Commanders watched Desert Storm carnage from the stratosphere through a high-resolution stream that the Air Force nearly lost when its hardware vendors vanished by 2004.
By Miriam Adler ·
Joint Chiefs Studied 'Contrived Incidents' to Spark Military Action in Cuba
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 ·
President orders flights without fighter escort as one plane goes overdue
A pilot's wrong turn over the USSR was kept secret to avoid a second front while the White House weighed a general air response as reconnaissance planes took ground fire.
By Roy Castellano ·
Kennedy orders 15 aircraft to verify IL-28 bombers in Cuba
Soviet promises left the administration skeptical and watching, demanding 15 aircraft to track bombers and set strict conditions for a promised non-invasion pledge.
By Vera Kessler ·
NSC Risked Pilots in 15 Flights to Verify Soviet Retreat
US leaders privately feared a tactical disaster as 15 aircraft flew into Cuban defenses to ensure the Soviets were not merely hiding missiles in the brush.
By Miriam Adler ·
McCone Rejects General LeMay's Claim US Was Blind in Cuba
Professional reputations clashed as John McCone fought General LeMay's claim that the U.S. was blind in Cuba, fearing political liability and professional damage to the CIA.
By Marcus Boone ·