On May 4, 2:44 pm, Vince wrote:
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
Dumb, thinking something obvious when it wasn't. Lots of books
published after the author dies. I can't find Jackson as anything
other than a book for sale. Two more documentation of Air Force, even
DIA supervision of the October 14th flight. Otherwise I quit.
http://www.afa.org/magazine/Aug2005/0805U2.asp
In late August, Sen. Kenneth B. Keat*ing (R-N.Y.)-whose sources were
probably Cuban exiles in Florida-said there was evidence of Soviet
"rocket installations" in Cuba and urged Kennedy to act. Others,
notably Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R-Ind.), joined in the call for
action.
Strangely, U-2 flights ceased for more than a month, from Sept. 5 to
Oct. 14. One reason was bad weather, but another was anxiety on part
of the President's advisors, who worried about the consequences of a
U-2 shootdown.
To the dismay of the CIA, the Air Force took over the U-2 missions
when they resumed. The first flight was by Maj. Richard S. Heyser on
Oct. 14.
http://www2.mmae.ucf.edu/~rrm/mccoyhistg.htm
The first overflight of Cuba by a U-2 occurred on 14 Oct 1962, when
Maj. Steve Heyser left from Edwards AFB, CA and landed at McCoy AFB,
FL. It would also, be the first (Defense Intel Agency) DIA-controlled
U-2 mission. In six minutes over the target area, Major Heyser took
928 photos.
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