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  2. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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    O-57 Grasshopper at the National Museum of the United States Air Force A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI (F-8) of the 654th BS, Eighth Air Force at RAF Watton, 1944 North American B-25D (F-10) Mitchell photographic reconnaissance and mapping aircraft North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial No 42-103368 of the 15th TRS at St. Dizler Airfield, France, Autumn 1944.

  3. List of active United States naval aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy.For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.

  4. Reconnaissance aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A USAF SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.

  5. North American A-5 Vigilante - Wikipedia

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    The A-5's service coincided with a major policy shift in the US Navy's strategic role, which switched to emphasize submarine-launched ballistic missiles rather than manned bombers, while the US Navy had a requirement for a long range reconnaissance aircraft, which could be met by the now-surplus Vigilante. [21]

  6. Boeing P-8 Poseidon - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft developed and produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security.It was developed for the United States Navy (USN) as a derivative of the civilian Boeing 737-800 airliner.

  7. 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident - Wikipedia

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    At 07:00 local time of Tuesday, 15 April 1969, an EC-121M of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron One took off from NAS Atsugi, Japan, on an intelligence-gathering reconnaissance mission. [3] The aircraft, Bureau number 135749, c/n 4316, [4] bore the tail code "PR-21" and used the radio call sign Deep Sea 129.

  8. Lockheed EP-3 - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3A Orion of air test and evaluation squadron VX-1 Pioneers in 1983. This aircraft was used in the "EMPASS" project, the "Electromagnetic Performance of Air and Ship Systems" (EMPASS) Project. EP-3A: Seven modified for electronic reconnaissance testing. EP-3B: Least known of all in the P-3 family. Three P-3As (BuNo 149669 ...

  9. North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco - Wikipedia

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    A "tri-service" specification for the light armed reconnaissance aircraft (LARA) was approved by the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army, and was issued in late 1963.The LARA requirement was based on a perceived need for a new type of "jungle fighting" versatile light attack and observation aircraft.