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	Air Power:Aerial Reconnaissance in World War I
		So aerial reconnaissance was a strategy that was familiar to them, and it was natural that they would use aircraft for this purpose as planes became able to perform that function.
		Reconnaissance was not the most exciting duty for a pilot in the war.
		The names of the reconnaissance pilots are not as well remembered as the names of the aces, but it was due to their activities that aviation became a part of modern war.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Air_Power/WWI-reconnaissance/AP2.htm (1158 words)

	Sukhoi T-4 attack reconnaissance aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wing: The aircraft was to have a thin swept delta wing with ailerons and elevons.
		Assembly of the aircraft was completed in 1973 and roll- out for the flight tests was planned forthe fourth quarter of that year.
		These were intended for: the aircraft control system, the landing gear extension and retraction system, the forward fuselage deflection system, the air intake control system, the breaking system, the nose wheel steering system, etc. Operational system pressure was 3,983 psi (280 kg/cm2).
	www.aeronautics.ru /sukhoi/t4okbsukhoi01.htm (5681 words)

	Surveillance aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition, civilian aircraft are used in many countries for border surveillance, fishery patrols or the prevention of smuggling and illegal migration.
		German Taube aircraft were able to detect the advancing Russian army during the Battle of Tannenberg (1914).
		Such aircraft include the Avro Shackleton, the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, the Breguet Atlantique, the Tupolev Tu-95, and from Lockheed, the Neptune and later the Orion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft (1004 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: WeatherPost -- Hurricane Reconnaissance
		Reconnaissance aircraft penetrate to the core of the storm and provide detailed measurements of its wind field, as well as an accurate location of the center: information that is usually not available from any other source.
		Aircraft data are a vital part of the information the hurricane specialists use in their forecasts of speed, intensity, and direction of movement of the storm.
		The aircraft in current use is the WC-130 which was adapted for the weather reconnaissance role from earlier transport and rescue versions.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/weather/hurricane/info/recon.htm (1596 words)

	Reconnaissance on the Wing
		Reconnaissance in the US Army during the interwar years remained locked in the embrace of the artillery, which demanded the sort of close-range artillery-correction support provided during World War I. The basic organizational setup remained the same until 1943, when requirements of both tactical and strategic reconnaissance had been writ large on every front.
		SAC's recce fleet grew from 12 F-9s and 24 F-13s in 1947 to 120 RB-36s and 180 RB-47s by 1954.
		Reconnaissance aircraft are now primarily platforms for sophisticated equipment that is often linked to other aircraft, ground stations, and satellites.
	www.afa.org /magazine/Oct1999/1099recon.asp (3836 words)

	Tupolev Tu-243 Reis-D UAV - History of development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This aircraft was 30 m long and used 2 solid-propellant boosters along with the main engine for initial acceleration to 700 km/h.
		During start the aircraft was raised at a 12-deg angle to the horizon and the main engine was engaged at full thrust, while the plane was being held by a release mechanism.
		The aircraft was configured for reconnaissance in difficult terrain conditions and heavy air defense activity.
	www.aeronautics.ru /nws001/tu243/history.htm (977 words)

	MiG-25 "Foxbat" Interceptor and Reconnaissance Aircraft
		The main reason developing such aircraft was counteraction against the perspective United States aircraft (such as North American XB-70 "Valkyrie" strategic bomber and Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" reconnaissance aircraft).
		Aircraft is completed with a variety of systems for electronic intelligence and specialized reconnaissance roles.
		Recently MiG-25 aircraft are replaced with the new generation MiG-31 similar purpose aircraft.
	www.enemyforces.com /aircraft/mig25.htm (639 words)

	Radiolocation Reconnaissance Aircraft A-50
		Aircraft was given name A-50 and since 1984 was supplied to Anti-aircraft Defense Forces of USSR.
		Aircraft has infrared trap and dipole mirrors ejection system to defend from fighters and anti-aircraft defense.
		Aircraft's can be directed by automatic data link or oraly.
	www.enemyforces.com /aircraft/a50.htm (401 words)

	Air Force Technology - U-2 High Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft - Dragon Lady Spy Plane
		The outrigger gear, or pogos, are attached with pins, which are removed when the aircraft is on the runway and preparing for take-off.
		The aircraft is flown by a single pilot, supported by a ground crew led by a fellow pilot known as the Mobile Officer.
		The aircraft payloads can be configured with a range of sensors to meet the signals and surveillance intelligence requirements of the mission.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/u2 (1125 words)

	Reconnaissance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Espionage is not normally considered to be covered by the term reconnaissance, as reconnaissance involves uniformed military forces operating ahead of the main force, as opposed to non-combatant individuals within the enemy lines.
		Flying these aircraft became an exceptionally demanding task, as much because of the aircraft's extreme speed and altitude as it was because of the risk of being captured as spies.
		Reconnaissance by fire (or speculative fire, 'spec fire') is a tactic which applies a similar principle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reconnaissance (810 words)

	ASIL Insight: US and Chinese Aircraft Collision
		The aircraft would not be entitled to diplomatic immunity in the same sense as the U.S. embassy in China would.
		[3] Nevertheless, the aircraft is the equipment of the United States Navy and was on official duty when the accident and the landing occurred.
		The U.S. claim of sovereign immunity for the aircraft and its equipment is strengthened somewhat by some provisions in the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
	www.asil.org /insights/insigh66.htm (1062 words)

	Air Force Technology - Nimrod MRA4 - Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft
		In February 2002, the UK Ministry of Defence reduced this number to 18 aircraft, citing a perceived reduction in the submarine threat.
		The aircraft is stripped and the outer wings cut off and the centre box, including both inner wings, are removed from the fuselage which is stripped back to the bare alloy.
		The aircraft has a weapons bay with side opening doors at the bottom of the fuselage which can carry fuel tanks, torpedoes (including the Tigerfish torpedo) and sonobuoys.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/nimrod (1094 words)

	Stealth - Black Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The aircraft will utilize some level of low-observable technology to obtain an effective yet affordable aircraft which can provide for multiple/heavy weapons carriage and launch for missions requiring real time decision making/replanning or autonomous operations.
		If this is to be believed, it means we went without this type of reconnaissance aircraft during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War.
		The aircraft was apparently developed from a Northrop technology demonstrator known as THAP (Tactical High Altitude Penetrator), which first flew in 1981 and was similar in design, but slightly smaller.
	www.lowobservable.com /Black.htm (1849 words)

	NOAA aircraft
		Aircraft instrumentation includes fight-level data sensors, airborne radars with Doppler wind finding, cloud physics instrumentation (including electric field measurements), remote sensors for surface wind and rainfall estimation, expendables (e.g.; dropsondes, AXBTs, AXCPs, and drifting buoys), and an aircraft-satellite data link (ASDL) to transmit data back to the ground.
		Some equipment, such as that for remote sensing of sea-surface conditions or for atmospheric electricity measurements, is unique to one airframe or the other.
		In addition to the hurricane research mission, for which they were originally procured, these aircraft support diverse programs throughout NOAA, outside the agency, and internationally.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/aircraft.html (233 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Aircraft Museum - SR-71 Blackbird
		Key to reducing the aircraft's vulnerability to air defenses were a maximum speed of Mach 3+ and a ceiling of up to 85,000 ft (25,930 m).
		These single-seat aircraft were delivered to the CIA beginning in 1962, although one was modified for use as a two-seat trainer and two more gained a second seat for a launch officer to operate a D-21 unmanned drone.
		The A-12 aircraft were flown by the Air Force on behalf of the CIA until the more advanced SR-71, a dedicated reconnaissance model, became fully operational in 1968.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/recon/sr71 (1131 words)

	Swedish Reconnaissance Aircraft
		In the beginning, the reconnaissance aircraft had a crew of two - pilot and observer.
		During the Second World War, long-range reconnaissance aircraft began to be used in the Swedish Air Force.
		The new JAS 39 Gripen is a true multi-role aircraft, where the ”S” in the designation stands for ”Spaning” (Reconnaissance).
	www.avrosys.nu /aircraft/Spaning/IndexSpan.htm (396 words)

	Reconnaissance Aircraft
		While it is not stated, the aircraft probably belonged to the 6th Strategic Wing at Eielson AFB outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
		This aircraft is a wing filled with fuel and two huge engines.
		Stripped of all its markings, this aircraft was given to the University of Colorado for high altitude atmospheric research.
	home.earthlink.net /~bldumka/Aircraft.html (320 words)

	Schweizer Aircraft Corporation - Reconnaissance Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is engineered to perform covert surveillance missions in a manner not possible with any other aircraft.
		Because it is point designed to carry integrated sensor payloads, it achieves better mission performance at significantly lower costs than aircraft designed for other roles and then converted to perform surveillance missions.
		Because of its modular payload concept, the same basic airframe can be adapted for low altitude, “quiet” reconnaissance or high altitude, standoff surveillance roles.
	www.schweizeraircraft.com /recon (163 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Beating Gravity - Lockheed U-2 and TR-1
		In the face of opposition, overflights by American pilots were banned, and the CIA and USAF were obliged to limit subsequent overflights to reconnaissance of non-Soviet territory, and to an increasing ELINT and COMINT (electronic and communications intelligence) role.
		CIA aircraft were once more active from world-wide bases from 1968 to 1974, when all CIA U-2s passed to the Air Force (with some, designated ER-2, also operated by NASA).
		Then the 17th Reconnaissance Wing was established at Alconbury, its TR-1 complement building from February 1983 to a total of 14 aircraft by March 1985.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /gravity/u2.php (1374 words)

	Swedish military aviation: Descriptions of aircraft types (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Six Hawker Ospreys, designated S 9, were operated from the aircraft carrying cruiser Gotland in 1934-42, but weren't finally retired until 1945.
		Three were purchased as ambulance aircraft in 1928, the last served until 1946.
		A total of 48 served with the air force as fighters and reconnaissance aircraft, designated J 3 and S 6 from 1927, with the last retired in 1945.
	www.canit.se /~griffon/aviation/aircraft.html (3201 words)

	rediff.com: Navy to lease nuclear-capable bombers from Russia
		According to sources, the navy proposes to lease at least four Tu-22M3 planes to make up for the absence of its long-range and medium-range reconnaissance aircraft, which are slated to return to Russia for upgradation.
		There is also speculation that during the refit, the aircraft may be fitted with Kh-35 missiles, but that has not been decided yet.
		The original aircraft has a rotary launcher in the weapons bay for six Kh-15P (AS-16) short-range attack missiles and a provision for four more underwing as an alternative to the standard two Kh-22 missiles.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/feb/14josy.htm (451 words)

	KBismarck.com - Arado Ar 196 Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Two aircraft were stored in the 120 m² double hangar under the mainmast, and the other two in single hangars of 60 m² each to both sides of the funnel amidships.
		These aircraft belonged to the 1st Squadron (1.Staffel) of the board reconnaissance group 196 (Bordfliegergruppe 196) that had been formed before the war in 1937, and the pilots and technicians were members of the Luftwaffe.
		After completing a mission, the aircraft landed on the water close to one of the ship's sides, and was then lifted aboard by one of the big 12-ton cranes.
	www.kbismarck.com /avioni.html (416 words)

	The 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Europe
		The pilots left their aircraft at this base and were smuggled to Sembach to celebrate their return over the weekend; returning to Phalsbourg to retrieve their Thunderflashes on the Monday.
		April four aircraft of the squadron were dispatched to Wheelus to photograph and map approximately 8000 square miles of the Libyan desert.
		Aircraft had to be modified with the fail safe code devices and an intensive training programme was initiated.
	www.cottonpickers.org /66TRW_in_Europe.htm (9905 words)

	Naval Technology - F-14 Tomcat - Standard Fleet Fighter Aircraft
		The aircraft was developed by Northrop Grumman to replace the F-4 Phantom fighter and entered service with the US Navy in 1972.
		F-14 squadrons have started to change to the new aircraft, a process which will continue until the aircraft is finally retired from service in 2007.
		The aircraft has eight hardpoints for carrying ordnance, four on the fuselage, and two each side under the fixed section of the wings.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/f14 (875 words)

	Factsheets : U-2S/TU-2S : U-2S/TU-2S
		The U-2S is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft.
		The low-altitude handling characteristics of the aircraft and bicycle-type landing gear require precise control inputs during landing; forward visibility is also limited due to the extended aircraft nose and “taildragger” configuration.
		A tactical reconnaissance version, the TR-1A, first flew in August 1981 and was structurally identical to the U-2R.
	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=129 (689 words)

	Schweizer Aircraft Corporation - Our History
		Schweizer is unique in that it is the oldest privately-owned aircraft company in the United States (and perhaps the world).
		The aircraft carried forward-looking infrared (FLIR), a new development, and was operational in Vietnam for covert, night reconnaissance missions.
		Transition of Schweizer Aircraft's management from the first generation to second generation of the Schweizer family was completed.
	www.sacusa.com /corporate/history.asp (1447 words)

	Junkers Ju 86P (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ju 86 was a twin-engined low-winged, twin-tailed aircraft that was to fulfill both bombing and commercial transport roles, and evolved in parallel with the Heinkel He 111.
		During 1940 and 1941, numerous bombing and reconnaissance missions were flown over Britain, the Ju 86P aircraft indeed proving to be immune from interception by RAF fighters.
		The first successful interception of a Ju 86P was on August 24, 1942, when a Spitfire V caught one of these aircraft over Egypt at an altitude of 42,000 feet and forced it to crash into the Mediterranean.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/ju86.html (1184 words)

	Lockheed U-2/U-2R/U-2S Reconnaissance Aircraft
		It can carry a variety of sensors and cameras, is an extremely reliable reconnaissance aircraft, and enjoys a high mission completion rate.
		However, the aircraft can be a difficult aircraft to fly due to its unusual landing characteristics.
		A tactical reconnaissance version, the TR-1A, first flew in August 1981 and was delivered to the Air Force the next month.
	members.fortunecity.com /groom51/u2.html (398 words)

	EP-3E ARIES II
		EP-3E ARIES II The EP-3E ARIES II aircraft is a four-engine, low-wing, electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft utilizing state-of-the-art electronic surveillance equipment for its primary mission.
		It is powered by four Allison T56-A-14 turboprop engines, and has a wing span of 99 ft, 8 in., a length of 105 ft, 11 in., and a height of 34 ft, 3 in.
		The P-3C Update III is a multi mission aircraft capable of either operating alone, or supporting many different customers including the carrier battle group and amphibious readiness group.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/ep-3_aries.htm (477 words)

	Terrorism - Reconnaissance
		Rivet Joint is a reconnaissance aircraft with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.
		Its ability to operate at altitudes in excess of 60,000 feet for over thirty hours is unparalleled in reconnaissance aircraft.
		Pioneer is the Navy's reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, and battle damage assessment UAV platform.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/recon.cfm (370 words)

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