Secret NOFORN
New Technologies Necessitated By OXCART’s High Speed... 279
Designing the OXCART’s Cameras... 281
Choosing Pilots for OXCART... 283
Selection of a Testing Site for the OXCART... 283
Delivery of the First OXCART... 286
Changes in the Project Management... 286
OXCART’s First Flights... 288
Speed-Related Problems... 290
New Versions of the OXCART... 291
The Question of Surfacing a Version of the OXCART... 292
Additional Problems During Final Testing... 295
Discussions on the OXCART’s Future Employment... 297
First A-12 Deployment: Operation BLACK SHIELD... 304
The End of the OXCART Program... 307
Possible Successors to the OXCART... 312
Summary of the OXCART Program... 313
◆ Chapter 7
Conclusion
U-2 Overflights of the Soviet Union... 315
Participation of Allies in the U-2 Program... 319
U-2s as Collectors of Tactical Intelligence... 319
Advances in Technology... 320
Cooperation With the Air Force... 321
Impact of the Overhead Reconnaissance Program on the CIA... 321
◆ Appendix A: Acronyms... 325
◆ Appendix B: Key Personnel... 327
◆ Appendix C: Electronic Devices Carried by the U-2... 335
◆ Appendix D: U-2 Overflights of the Soviet Union, 4 July 1954–1 May 1960
◆ Appendix E: Unmanned Reconnaissance Projects... 339
◆ Bibliography... 347
◆ Index... 355