Tag: Cuba Missile Crisis

MY NEW BOOK – SHADOW FLYER

I have written a biography of Bob Ericson, a most notable U-2 pilot who amassed 4,306 hours on the type during his 30 years flying for the CIA followed by NASA. I was commissioned by Bob’s sons, who felt that his contributions to national security and airborne science were not widely appreciated. How right they … Continue reading MY NEW BOOK – SHADOW FLYER →

JIM LONG – AN APPRECIATION

Jim Long, Chairman of the Board of the Laughlin Heritage Foundation (LHF) has died, age 82. The LHF was created in Del Rio, TX in 1983, to record and promote the memory of the US Air Force’s RB-57D and U-2A wing. The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was based at Laughlin AFB from 1957 until moving … Continue reading JIM LONG – AN APPRECIATION →

NEW BOOK ON THE CUBA MISSILE CRISIS – PLENTY TO CRITICISE!

Yet another book has been published on the Cuba Missile Crisis, this one with significant U-2 content. And one particular focus for the “best-selling” authors of “Above & Beyond”, is the missions flown by SAC pilots Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby on ‘Black Saturday’, 27th October 1962. That was the day that Maultsby accidentally strayed … Continue reading NEW BOOK ON THE CUBA MISSILE CRISIS – PLENTY TO CRITICISE! →