The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974

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Chapter 3
Bases for U-2 Operations in the Middle East, 1956
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Suez takeover, however, the second contingent of U-2 aircraft and pi­
lots was still being trained in Nevada. This unit would not be ready
for redeployment before the end of August and would not become es­
tablished at Incirlik airbase near Adana, Turkey, until early September
1956. The Agency referred to the AQUATONE detachment at Adana
as Detachment B, cryptonym KWCORK; the Air Force covername
was Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Provisional 2; and the unit's
unofficial name was Tuslog Detachment 10-10. By whatever name,
the Adana detachment became the mainstay of U-2 activity for the
next three and a half years.'
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The fast-moving events of the Suez Crisis would not wait for
Detachment B pilots to complete their training. With tension growing
between Egypt and the Suez Canal Company's former owners, the
United Kingdom and France, as well as between Egypt and Israel.. US
'·' OSA History. chap. 11. pp. 9. 39-40: chap. 12. pp. 5. 12 (TS Codeword).
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