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October 15, 1962: The imagery taken on the 14th of October overflight of Cuba by U-2 reconnaissance aircraft provide the first evidence of deployment by the Soviets of nuclear-capable missiles:
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The low level pic in the link you provided was taken by these guys in RF-8s out of Cecil. Looks like they just got back with the goods. The gent on the left, Gerry Coffee, was shot down 3 years later in a Viggie. Sen. Mcain referred to him as “one of the titans”.
More here about VFP-62 in Cuba.
Sid:
Looks like you forced my hand — Friday’s Flightdeck Friday article is about VFP-62’s RF-8s and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Been working on it this week in between reading/analyzing the new Maritime Strategy and my day job….
- SJS