Photo: Richard Nixon Library via National Archives Air Force One carrying President Nixon arrived in Peking (now Beijing) on February 21, 1972. Prior to Nixon’s China trip, the 35th Sq. flew a…
Tag: U-2
Thou Shalt Not Fly… (Part 2)
This (partial) listing of U-2 missions conducted in 1971 by the 35th Sq. clearly shows that there was a three-month hiatus between Mission C-261C and C-301C. I don’t have any declassified stand-down…
Thou Shalt Not Fly… (Party 1)
A stand-down order would normally follow a crash or shootdown of a 35th Sq. U-2. After the deadly crash of Billy Chang’s (張燮) U-2 on January 5, 1969, Detachment H halted its…
Last Overflight of China
After six years of operations, Detachment H ended the U-2 overflight of Chinese territory in March 1968, as recorded in CIA’s OSA Chronology. The last overflight mission was coded C058C and flown…
幸運餅
在美國吃過中國餐館的人應該都知道fortune cookie這個不中不西的東西，不過今天的主題並不是食物，而是王濤在《空軍 黑貓 華航：我的飛行生涯》這本書提到的「幸運餅乾」計畫（Project FORTUNE COOKIE）。 書中提到黃七賢和范鴻棣為了這項計畫特別再回到美國受訓，但是沒有提到什麼時候。以下這份文件不但有確切的時間，甚至連黃七賢（Denny）和范鴻棣（Andy）的英文名字都忘了塗消。 AQM-37就是計畫中U-2R要掛載的無人飛機，為了引誘共匪的雷達，還特別加裝了放大雷達回波的鼻錐。執行任務的U-2R機鼻內則會攜帶System 17B，用來接收地對空飛彈陣地雷達的訊號。文件中的PMR則是Pacific Missile Range的縮寫。
Ambushed by SAMs (王濤被飛彈偷襲)
On December 1, 1969, three Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) were fired, mostly likely from this island, in an attempt to shoot down the U-2R piloted by Tom Wang. Wang took evasive actions immediately…
Chinese Atomic Energy Complex
檢視較大的地圖 The complex in the above Google Maps image used to be (and probably continues to be) a major target of U.S. reconnaissance programs. It was also the subject of the photographic…
Two Lesser Known Blackcats
The above document is rare in that the US government officials forgot to black out two personal names: Tom and Eddie, which refer to Tom Hwang (黃榮北) and Eddie Chou (鄒燕錦), respectively….
Last Blackcat Candidates
If you have paid attention to the history of the 35th Squadron, then you probably know that Chris I (易志強) and Mory Tsai (蔡盛雄) were the last two ROCAF pilots who completed…
再談梁德培
航空史研究專家傅鏡平先生熱心提供我「空軍將士忠烈錄」關於梁德培的部分，對於他在空軍服役的經過有較多的敘述，： 傅鏡平提供 不過最後一段提到「烈士奉命駕機飛往大陸匪區，執行空照任務，返航途中失事墜海殉職」的文字卻大有問題。當天梁德培飛的是訓練任務，而非偵照任務，CIA的內部文件OSA Chronology有以下記述： 日期差了一天，是因為時差 如果梁德培真的是在執行偵照任務，那麼CIA的任務表列中就會出現，但是並沒有： 這不能怪罪忠烈錄的作者，畢竟他應該也是照上級的說法來寫的。只是這個上級究竟知不知道梁德培飛的是什麼任務？