Jack Linthicum wrote:
On May 4, 11:52 am, Vince wrote:
Jack Linthicum wrote:


The reason the switch from CIA to Air Forces is not discussed on a
document is that it was a violent and noisy fight between the CIA
that knew there were missile bases in Pinar del Rio and LeMay who
wanted his boys to get the glory. The Pentagon backed LeMay. Scoop
Jackson's memoirs, which I have quoted previously show that is the
President who makes the decision to use Air Force pilots for th slim
possibility they will be made priosners of war and not killed as
spies.
Vince

now I know you are deeply confused:
here is the source you supplied for your claim

President Kennedy authorized an increase of U-2 missions over the
island. This increase in aerial reconnaissance coverage was caveated
with the limit that all future U-2 flights were to be conducted with
USAF personnel and U-2’s from the Strategic Air Command. (124) President
Kennedy ordered the change from CIA to USAF missions in case there were
any shootdowns or losses. His reasoning was that USAF pilots could be
protected and treated as Prisoners of War versus CIA pilots who would be
considered spies. (125)

here is the reference in the source

(125) Jackson, 116.

your cite has a bibliography

http://www.rb-29.net/HTML/77ColdWarS...01biblgphy.htm

the reference for the Kennedy claim is to

Jackson, Robert. High Cold War: Strategic Air Reconnaissance and the
Electronic Intelligence War. Somerset: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1998.

Not senator Jackson and his "memoirs" Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson died
in 1983

What is the source for Robert Jackson's claim ?

Vince