Product Description

This book describes how the United States Air Force tactical reconnaissance units operated from the end of World War II until the 1970s. This was an immensely active period that also included major conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. It was also a period of rapid technological development in aircraft and photographic techniques. The book includes the following:

Introduction: The post war period in Europe and the East. The Korean Conflict and the role of the 67th TRW from 1950 to 1954. The role of the highly secret RF-86 missions over Red China and the Soviet Far East in the early to mid '50s. Also the RB-57A missions out of Bitburg and Yokota flying clandestinely over the Soviet Union and the RF-100A missions that were flown over the Soviet Union from Turkey, Rhine Maine and Yokota. United States Air Forces in Europe. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the role of the RF-101 Voodoos and RB-66s.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #878012 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

An Outstanding Look At Tac Recce
Doug Gordon has done an outstanding job of chronicling the work of Tactical Reconnaissance in the cold war era.. personal refereneces and many photos make this a great read. I was briefly with the 303TRS in Germany and the book a was a wonderful trip down memory lane .. and full of stories and memories of the great pilots I was privileged to know.

Tac Recon in TheCold War
Since I am one of the Recon Pilots of the 15TRS (mentioned in the Book) duing the Korean War I flew 101 Combat Missions over North Korea (August 1951 to Feb 1952 I feel that Doug Gordon did an OUTSTANDING job. This book has been needed for a long time. We Korean Veterans fought a War that is known as the FORGOTTEN WAR but I can never forget the very good friends that never returned home such as 1st Lt. Charles Walter Rhinehart. His F-86 J-47 lost oil during a tangle with MIG-15's and he ejected over the Yellow Sea. He was listed as MIA and later KIA having been taken to Russia. He died while he was held prisoner in a Russian Slave Labor Camp known as a Gulag.

Thank you,

Francis W.(Frank) Meyer
Major, USAF (Ret)

Tactical Recon in the Cold War
Absolutely a fantastic book. The style and content reminds me of Wings and Airpower in its heyday. There is information in this book you will find nowhere else. The other Pen and Sword book, Voodoo Warriors ,is equally as good. Anyone who has the least bit of interest in the men and aircraft of this period will do no wrong in selecting this book.