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*** Note: All of documents below were properly declassified before release to the public ***

U-2A/U-2G were specially modified and reinforced to handle tail hook and crash net landing stresses. The program continued on when the much larger U-2R was introduced in 1967 -- some 40% bigger than the U-2A or U-2G and with twice the range as well as four times the payload -- modifications included adding a wing-folding mechanism to fold the outer six feet of each wing for improved handling aboard ship. From 1973-1974, two U-2R airframes were modified with a forward-looking radar and infrared detection system for use in the ocean surveillance role. These U-2EPX aircraft were able to downlink radar data to surface ships to be melded with information from other land- and space-based sensors. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75B00446R [login to see] 15-3.pdf


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CIA-RDP75B00446R000100210015-3.pdf

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PO1 Tony Holland - CIA U-2 was challenging and interesting to fly. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
https://info.publicintelligence.net/USAF-U2.pdf

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USAF-U2.pdf

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PO1 Tony Holland - Comparing U-2 vs SR-71 in North Vietnam. Warmrest Regards, Sandy :)

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_ [login to see] .pdf

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DOC_0001471747.pdf

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PO1 Tony Holland - The CIA even put out a nice history of the U-2, A-12, YF-12, SR-71, and related programs. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/2002-07-16.pdf

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2002-07-16.pdf

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PO1 Tony Holland - The full CIA, DoD, and NASA SR-71 Flight and Operations Manuals are available here - heartwarming reading. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
n.b. Just setup a dummy account - no need to actually identify yourself - there is no email confirmation step - and no charge for downloading these PDF documents.


https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/lockheed-sr-71-a-flight-manual-nasa-sr-71-research-manual-1-and-2.38315/

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Lockheed SR-71/A Flight Manual, ...... NASA SR-71 Research Manual 1, and 2.

. . . Greetings Guy, Gals; Lockheed Marietta, NASA, DOD, DIA; CIA, NSA, etc, ....... Skunk Works ................ SR-71 flight manual....

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PO1 Tony Holland - The early NSA satellite story is interesting. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

http://www.governmentattic.org/16docs/NRO-SIGINTsatStory_1994.pdf
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NRO-SIGINTsatStory_1994.pdf

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PO1 Tony Holland - The interesting thing is most of these systems were designed to conduct surveillance of Soviet ICBMs - which were minimally capable of an attack - per the designers most would blow up on the pad. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
n.b. There are FOUR volumes here!!!
https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_detail.html
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"Rockets and People, Volume 1"

In Volume 1, Boris Chertok describes his early years as an engineer and the mission to Germany after the end of World War II when the Soviets captured Nazi missile technology and expertise.

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PO1 Tony Holland - The NRO HEXAGON story is a good read. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
http://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/mapping1.pdf
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mapping1.pdf

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PO1 Tony Holland - A very cute CIA submarine satellite story!!! Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/cold-war/underwater-ice-station-zebra/ice-station-zebra.pdf
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ice-station-zebra.pdf

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1LT Sandy Annala - I can Neither Confirm or Deny My Association with the Satellite Electronic Information Warfare Community. Actually I am Rather Proud to be a Classic Wizard Communicator, a Small Unique Club!
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1LT Sandy Annala - I am Also Quite Proud of My Service as a Member of "Blind Mans Bluff" Club!
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Blind Man's Bluff - Tommy Cox

http://SteveCorneliussen.com Slideshow tribute to the U.S. fast attack submarines which recieved the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) during the Cold War, se...

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - What I find truly rewarding is many of the things we had to lock up in the "spy proof" safe can now be shared with our fathers, spouses, children - even friends and the public - because they have been formally declassified - in part due to passage of time - and in part due to specific FOIA requests filed by FSA, GWU, etc. Indeed, many formerly intensely secretive agencies are now making not only history and technical manuals including operational characteristics available to the public - but they are also releasing much of the imagery collected by these historical surveillance assets. Many of the participants in classified operations long ago - with or without the formally required review and redaction by their former agencies - are publishing their memories. Those who still require clearance to work certainly go through the required review and redaction process - with whatever agencies retain authority over release of information. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - There may be important formal legal difference between information merely disclosed to the public (e.g. Chelsea Manning; Edward Snowden) -vs- classified information properly downgraded for public release. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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1LT Sandy Annala - thank you Sandy for all the Declassified information for a moment I thought you had a copy of PFC Manning's hard drive LOL
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LTC (Join to see) - Oh, I would hope you know me better than that by now. In any case, it is interesting to see stuff we read as a much younger officers not only declassified - but released in a form that can be freely redistributed in public. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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1LT Sandy Annala - I am just kidding I was being sarcastic actually the stuff you have I was going to say did you get some of the stuff from Edward Snowden? LOL that was just a joke okay? Thank you for the awesome information. That's why I include you in my stories because you always have something to bring to the table that we can all learn from thank
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LTC (Join to see) - As young child and as a professional pilot I always found aircraft technologies intrinsically interesting. But, to my knowledge no women were ever allowed to serve as command pilot or even ride along in any of these aircraft - including dual control instructor seat / trainee pilot seat YF-12. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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Pretty impressive, but I think the landing (and takeoff) of a c-130 on a carrier still takes the cake.
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I love this and just as crazy as putting b-25s on the USS Hornet in 1942.
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Yes, the CIA Flew U-2 Spy Planes From U.S. Aircraft Carriers
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Totally NUTS! How do you keep this a secret when 5,000 sailors are on an aircraft carrier. That would make a great story in itself!
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U-2 carrier take offs and landings

Rare footage of U-2 carrier take offs and landings. Quite impressive. To see more footage like this go to : http://creativefission.com/Frame_Film_DVD_U2.html

CMDCM Gene Treants - Shroud the "article" when it is not in use - maintain a minimum watch of essential above decks personnel - tell everyone aboard the "guests" are civilian contractors - paint the bird either all black - or add the ONR logo and a tail number that looks like civilian N-tail number to the bird - and spread a believable story about the new WU-2A being a "high-altitude weather reconnaissance jet" - and for god's sake don't tell anyone that we might be trying to monitor, photograph, and collect air samples on soviet thermonuclear tests conducted a few hundred miles away. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

https://youtu.be/L8HMPMYL19E
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CMDCM Gene Treants - Relatively rare photo of U-2 / TR-1 aircraft on approach to land. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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