"U-2 Photography of Soviet MRBM Site in Cuba, October 1962"
Photograph
By: Strategic Air Command
Date: October 1962
Source: Strategic Air Command. "U-2 Photography of Soviet MRBM site in Cuba, October 1962." October 1962. Available online at http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter98-99/page14.gif. Reproduced in Orlov, Alexander. "A 'Hot' Front in the Cold War: the U-2 Program-A Russian Office Remembers." Studies in Intelligence, Winter 1998–1999. Available online at http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter98-99/art02.html (accessed April 10, 2003).
About the Organization: In 1946, after a sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was created. Its mission was to conduct long-range offensive operations, including maximum-range reconnaissance, in any part of...
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