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

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U-2 Operations After May 1960
U-2 Operations in Latin America ........................................................... 197
U-2 Support to the Bay of Pigs Invasion........................................ 197
Aerial Refueling Capability for the U-2 ............................................ 198
U-2 Coverage During the Cuban Missile Crisis .............................. 199
U-2s Over South America .................................................................. 211
U-2 Operations in Asia ............................................................................ 211
Detachment C and the Indonesian Revolt of 1958 ........................ 211
China Offshore Islands Dispute of 1958 .......................................... 215
U-2 Support for DDP Operations in Tibet....................................... 216
U-2Cs for Detachment C..................................................................... 217
U-2 Crash in Thailand ......................................................................... 219
End of Detachment C Operations ..................................................... 219
Detachment G Missions Over Laos and North Vietnam .............. 221
New Detachment on Taiwan ............................................................. 222
Use of Detachment H Aircraft by US Pilots ................................... 230
U-2s in India ......................................................................................... 231
Increasing Responsibilities. Inadequate Resources in Asia ........... 233
Advanced ECM Equipment for Detachment H................................ 237
Infrared Scanner Over PRC Nuclear Plants ....................... 238
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Peripheral Missions by Detachment H............................................. 244
Operation SCOPE SHIELD Over North Vietnam ............................. 246
Improvements in U-2 Technology .........................................................247
Modification of U-2s for Aircraft Carrier Deployment ................... 247
Use of Carrier-Based U-2 To Film a French Nuclear Test Site... 249
A New Version of the U-2...................................................... ........... 251
Replacement of the Original U-2s With U-2Rs............................... 253
The Final Years of the U-2 ..................................................................... 253
Support to Other Agencies ................................................................ 254
Overseas Deployment Exercises and Missions ............................... 255
The Phaseout of the Office of Special Activities ........................... 257
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The U-2·s Intended Successor: Project OXCART, 1956-1968
The Evaluation of Designs for a Successor to the U-2 .................... 260
Competition Between Lockheed and Convair ...................................... 267
The Selection of the Lockheed Design ................................................. 270
Efforts To Reduce the A·12's Radar Cross Section............................ 274
The OXCART Contract ............................................................................. 277