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  2. Myasishchev M-55 - Wikipedia

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    The Myasishchev M-55 (NATO reporting name: Mystic-B) is a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft [3] developed by OKB Myasishchev in the Soviet Union, similar in mission to the Lockheed ER-2, but with a twin-boom fuselage and tail surface design.

  3. Myasishchev - Wikipedia

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    M-52 eight-engine heavy transport aircraft, 1979; M-55 "Mystic-B": high-altitude research and reconnaissance aircraft, 1985; M-60: widebody airliner projects; many variants, 1985-2003; M-61/M-17PV: development of M-17, 1984; M-62 Oryol: high-altitude remote-controlled drone, 1975; M-63: high-altitude aircraft, 1981; M-65/M-17P: M-17 development ...

  4. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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    Designated RB-57F, the design was almost an entirely new aircraft with a three-spar wing structure of 122 feet span, powerful new Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-11 main engines and two detachable underwing J60-P-9s for boost thrust at high altitude. The aircraft carried high-altitude cameras which were able to take oblique shots at 45 degrees up to 60 ...

  5. List of Soviet and Russian aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Military aircraft. M-4 - 1953 strategic bomber; M-55 - 1978 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft; VM-T - 1981 military transport aircraft; Civilian aircraft.

  6. List of B-57 units of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    A few were converted to RB-57F strategic reconnaissance/weather reconnaissance aircraft. Ten RB-57As were modified for high-altitude strategic reconnaissance over non-friendly areas under "Project Heartthrob". Designated RB-57A-1s, they flew high-altitude reconnaissance missions over Eastern Europe, Communist China and North Korea in the late ...

  7. The Real Story Behind the Myth of Area 51, America’s Most ...

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    In November 1954, President Eisenhower approved the secret development of a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft called the U-2 program. One of the first orders of business was to track down a ...

  8. M55 - Wikipedia

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    Myasishchev M-55, a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft; M55 self propelled howitzer, an American self-propelled artillery piece; M55 machine gun trailer mount, an American quadruple .50 caliber machine gun system based on the M45 Quadmount; Zastava M55, a Yugoslav/Serbian anti-aircraft gun; Tikka M55, a Finnish rifle

  9. Martin B-57 Canberra - Wikipedia

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    The need for additional reconnaissance assets, especially those capable of operating at night, led to the deployment of two RB-57E aircraft on 15 April 1963. The USAF had awarded General Dynamics a contract to modify two B-57Es (55-4243, 55–4245) as all-weather high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft.