The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs,…
CIA-UAP-003 · Release 03 (6/12)
Agency
CIA
Document type
PDF
Incident date
1954-1974
Release
Release 03 (6/12)
Evidence tier
Tier 2 · Documented report
What the document says
This CIA History Staff document chronicles the complete history of the U-2 and OXCART (A-12) high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft programs from 1954 to 1974, detailing their development, operations over the Soviet Union and other targets worldwide, the famous downing of Francis Gary Powers in 1960, organizational reforms following that incident, and the eventual transfer of operations from CIA to Air Force control. A more redacted version of this document has been available on CIA's public website.
This is one of 19 CIA records in the declassified archive. It was published in Release 03 (6/12).
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