Anonymous Coward User ID: 42927248 United Kingdom 08/17/2013 03:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Declassified CIA documents reveal British pilots flew U-2 missions over Soviet Union during the Cold War RAF officers flew spying missions over the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, it was revealed yesterday. After decades of secrecy, the CIA declassified documents that show British pilots were involved in the U-2 flights in 1959 and 1960. They gathered vital intelligence which the head of the American agency said he regarded as worth ‘a million dollars’. [ link to www.dailymail.co.uk] did you not have any yanks with a spine |
An Ordinary Greek
User ID: 45281841 Greece 08/17/2013 03:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Declassified CIA documents reveal British pilots flew U-2 missions over Soviet Union during the Cold War Big deal. It's nothing new that RAF and RN (Fleet Air Arm) pilots were flying USAF and USN hardware.
Even today there's RAF detachment capable of flying the B2 bomber. |
An Ordinary Greek
User ID: 45281841 Greece 08/17/2013 04:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Declassified CIA documents reveal British pilots flew U-2 missions over Soviet Union during the Cold War And btw, the U2 spy plane was inspired by the English Electric Canberra, designated as Martin B-57 in the USAF. |