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- Title
- From Kites to Cold War: The Evolution of Manned Airborne Reconnaissance
- Author
- Morton, Tyler W.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1682474658
- ISBN 13
- 9781682474655
- Item weight
- 1.52 pounds
- Series
- Book 11 of 24: History of Military Aviation
From Kites to Cold War tells the story of the evolution of manned airborne reconnaissance. Long a desire of military commanders, the ability to see the terrain ahead and gain foreknowledge of enemy intent was realized when Chinese airmen mounted kites to surveil their surroundings. Kite technology was slow to spread, and by the late nineteenth century European nations had developed the balloon and airship to conduct this mission. By 1918, it was obvious that the airplane had become the reconnaissance platform of the future. Used successfully by many nations during the Great War, aircraft technology and capability experienced its most rapid evolutionary period during World War II. Entering the war with just basic airborne imagery capabilities, by V-E and V-J days, air power pioneers greatly improved imagery collection and developed sophisticated airborne signals intelligence collection capabilities. The United States and other nations put these capabilities to use as the Cold War immediately followed. Flying near the periphery of and sometimes directly over the Soviet Union, airborne reconnaissance provided the intelligence necessary to stay one step ahead of the Soviets throughout the Cold War.
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About the Author
Tyler Morton is a career U.S. Air Force intelligence officer with over 2,500 flight hours on various reconnaissance aircraft including the RC-135 and the MC-12. He holds a Ph.D. in military strategy from Air University and is a graduate of the Air Force's School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.
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