This is the welcome letter sent to Denny and David by the Commander of Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) – 4 (aka Detachment H) at Edwards AFB before they began the U-2 training…
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U-2 Pilot Training (Part 1)
In early 1967, Denny Hwang and David Lee were selected to become the next batch of U-2 pilots. I will use their case to illustrate the process each nominee must go through…
Terry Liu’s Ten Missions
Terry Liu (劉宅崇) was the third 35th Sq. pilot who completed ten overflight missions in the U-2. He later became the commander of the 35th Sq., succeeding Tiger Wang (王太佑). After leaving…
The Six Missions Flown by Charlie Wu
I was surprised that Charlie Wu’s (吳載熙) family knew very little about the accident that killed him until I sent the declassified accident investigation report to Charlie’s younger brother Thomas Wu (吳載奇),…
《黑貓中隊：七萬呎飛行紀事》新書發表記者會照片
由右至左：張立義、沈宗李、邱松州、莊人亮、魏誠、蔡盛雄、邱怡華（本書插圖作者，邱松州之女）、沈麗文（本書作者，沈宗李之女）、出版社人員 前坐者：張立義；後排由右至左：邱松州、魏誠、沈宗李、蔡盛雄 前坐者：沈麗文、張立義；後排由右至左：邱松州、魏誠、沈宗李、邱怡華、蔡盛雄 接下來我會陸續為本書的內容提供補充的資料。
Johnny Shen’s Eighteen U-2 Missions
Locus Publishing Company (大塊文化) will publish the book 《黑貓中隊：七萬呎飛行紀事》 (The Black Cat Squadron: Stories about Flying at 70000 Feet, in Chinese, ISBN：9789862131633), authored by the former U-2 pilot Johnny Shen’s (沈宗李) daughter,…
500MD/ASW Photos
ROCN 500MD/ASW 6908 An author for the Vertiflite magazine wrote me for the permission to use Jason’s 500MD/ASW photos. Jason was kind enough to re-send me several nice photos of this very…
A 10 for 2010
先來個台灣人很喜歡的數字，討個吉利！ 可能各位看官已經發現標題的A跟10之間沒有加dash，但我不是打錯。這裡的10不僅跟2010有關，也代表完美的意思，也就是祝大家都有個完美的2010年啦！ 雖然我常貼U-2的文章，但其實我最喜歡的飛機是B-52和A-10。這要追溯到國中做模型的年代，當時少年血氣方剛，所以自然喜歡上這兩種火力強大的飛機。而且那時候這兩種飛機還算年輕，A-10才剛開始服役呢！然而歲月如梭，我已進入中年，這裡貼出來的照片也至少有十年的歷史了。 那時就是被這門砲給吸引，不過我們同學之間都叫它火神砲，其實不太正確。 掛在LAU-117下的AGM-65D練習彈。 LAU-88三聯裝掛架的上面兩枚是AGM-65D，最下方是AGM-65B。 老美的AN/ALQ-184。 Desert Storm後，好像nose art都不准了，所以就出現在登機梯的艙門內。 中間姿態儀的右邊是用來顯示AGM-65影像的螢幕，左邊則有RWR的小螢幕，左下半部則是武器相關開關。 起飛前的檢查。 露肚肚給你看啦。 如果是在戰時，這個姿勢就代表要開砲了。 慢速通過，所有控制面都打開或放下了。 這張照片已經快二十年，雖然不清楚，卻是難得的A-10編隊飛行。 祝大家新年快樂！
A Miracle at Cortez
On August 3, 1959, then-Major Hsichun Mike Hua made a forced landing with his disabled U-2 at Cortez, Colorado. Fifty years later, he was invited by Cortez Aviation Heritage Society to return…
華錫鈞將軍的祝福
華錫鈞將軍與夫人製作了一段短片祝福大家聖誕與新年快樂，片中還包括他受邀到科羅拉多州Cortez市講述他當年駕駛U-2在這裡迫降的經過，保證精彩！