Intercept: the U.S. Navy's Intelligence-Gathering Ships ( Cold War Spy Fleet ) 1961-1969, 1985-1989
Author: David Bruhn
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Published: 2023-03-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780788429026
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Jane's Air-launched Weapons
Author: Duncan Lennox
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 5
ISBN-13: 9780710608666
DOWNLOAD EBOOK- Air-to-air missiles - Air-to-surface missiles - Bombs - Guns, pods and mountings - Air-launched rockets - Underwater weapons - Analysis tables - Contractors
Cold War in South Florida
Author: Steve Hach
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpook Rider
Author: Dan Gibson
Publisher:
Published: 2020-07-03
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor submariners and cryptologists: an enlisted sailor's story. Cryptologist Seaman Calvin Thompson is the SPOOK RIDER, an ELINT-oriented Cryptologist on his first Cold War deployment aboard the USS Barracuda, a fast attack submarine with 100+ high-performance crewmen. While disconnected from the real world for two months aboard 'Cuda, one of the US Navy's least habitable ships, he learns that the mission requires long periods of dull reconnaissance rewarded occasionally with spikes in wartime-simulated activity against the Soviet Russian navy. The submarine of the era is a "men-only" domain where Cal finds submariners alternately bored, restless, crass and jaded. They freely objectify women, are sometimes racist and find high humor in the misfortunes of anyone aboard. Around the clock, they are the ultimate professionals, getting the job done despite the extreme living conditions. Though realistic, the Barracuda's operations depicted in SPOOK RIDER never happened. Any similarity to recorded or recalled events is purely coincidence, or the names have been changed to protect the guilty. This story is deemed UNCLASSIFIED by the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense.
A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence
Author: Wyman H. Packard
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9781907521782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of this scarce joint 1996 publication by the U.S. Naval Historical Center and the Office of Naval Intelligence. This comprehensive reference work is intended to provide intelligence professionals, scholars, and the general public with a detailed, topical accounting of the long and varied activities of U.S. Naval Intelligence. ill.
Apollo's Warriors
Author: Michael E. Haas
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998-05
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780788149832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting a fascinating insider's view of U.S.A.F. special operations, this volume brings to life the critical contributions these forces have made to the exercise of air & space power. Focusing in particular on the period between the Korean War & the Indochina wars of 1950-1979, the accounts of numerous missions are profusely illustrated with photos & maps. Includes a discussion of AF operations in Europe during WWII, as well as profiles of Air Commandos who performed above & beyond the call of duty. Reflects on the need for financial & political support for restoration of the forces. Bibliography. Extensive photos & maps. Charts & tables.
The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-1974
Author: Gregory W. Pedlow
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0788183265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive & authoritative history of the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program (MORP), which from 1954 to 1974 developed & operated 2 extraordinary aircraft, the U-2 & the A-12 OXCART. Describes not only the program's technological & bureaucratic aspects, but also its political & international context. The MORP, along with other overhead systems that emerged from it, changed the CIA's work & structure in ways that were both revolutionary & permanent. The formation of the Directorate of S&T in the 1960s, principally to develop & direct reconnaissance programs, is the most obvious legacy of the events in this study.
Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence
Author: Michael A. Turner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-10-08
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 0810878909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile the United States has had some kind of intelligence capability throughout its history, its intelligence apparatus is young, dating only to the period immediately after World War II. Yet, in that short a time, it has undergone enormous changes—from the labor-intensive espionage and covert action establishment of the 1950s to a modern enterprise that relies heavily on electronic data, technology, satellites, airborne collection platforms, and unmanned aerial vehicles, to name a few. This second edition covers the history of United States intelligence, and includes several key features: Chronology Introductory essay Appendixes Bibliography Over 600 cross-referenced entries on key events, issues, people, operations, laws, regulations This book is an excellent access point for members of the intelligence community; students, scholars, and historians; legal experts; and general readers wanting to know more about the history of U.S. intelligence.
A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force
Author: Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcept in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 507
ISBN-13: 1428990437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story of this wonderfully capable machine. This weapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking including infiltration and resupply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed hard-driven officers as Brenci Uttaro Ferkes Meller and Thigpen the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night in a low-level mountainous environment covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions.
