When people think of stealthy spy equipment, a 170,000-pound aircraft might not come to mind. It’s reconnaissance aircraft, equipped with aerial cameras, that gather a lot of important military intelligence. From the very early days—when World War I pilots would take photos of the ground below through a window in their aircraft floors—to today’s more high-tech equipment, aerial photography has been an important component of intelligence gathering.
Art of Aerial Spying
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Camera, Balloon Recon, HYAC
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Camera, Aerial, Hycon 73B, Lockheed U-2C
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Lockheed U-2C
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Camera, Aerial, Folmer Graflex, K-20
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Camera, Aerial, F-1
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Dayton-Wright DH-4
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Flight Laboratory, Portable
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Kodak A-2, Aerial, Camera
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Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Francis Gary Powers
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Signal Mirror
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Suit, Flying, Type MC-3 Coverall, United States Air Force, Francis Gary Powers
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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Camera, Corona, KH-4B
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Computer, Reconnaissance Mission Planning RF-4, LC 15A Rotating (RF-4), Dailey
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Camera, Aerial, Vought Strip Reconnaissance, Solar Aircraft, U.S. Navy
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Reentry Capsule, Film Return, Corona
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Caudron G.4
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Junkers Ju 388 L-1
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Camera, Aerial, Fairchild K-17C
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North American O-47A
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General Atomics MQ-1L Predator A
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Model, SA-2 Launch Site
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De Havilland DH-98 B/TT Mk. 35 Mosquito
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Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko (Moonlight) IRVING
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