Following the approval for the proposal for joint US-ROC U-2 operations, the project got into full swing, as can be seen in the above schedule dated October 3, 1960. Here “B” refers…
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Prelude to Project TACKLE (II)
The year of 1960 proved to be a busy year for people at CIA’s DPD as they worked hard to establish a U-2 detachment in Taiwan. In his memoir, Jude Pao, former…
Prelude to Project TACKLE (I)
Though quite a few books have been written about the operations of the Blackcat Squadron/Detachment H, very little work has been devoted to what had led to the joint U-2 reconnaissance program…