4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

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The 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was a component of the

Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona,[1] in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The unit is also sometimes referred to as the 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Weather Squadron. It was from this unit that the pilots involved in overflights of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis were drawn.[2] Detachments of the 4028th were deployed to Japan and South Vietnam
.

History

The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was activated at

Laughlin AFB
, TX during February–April 1957.

"A second U-2 squadron, the 4029th SRS, was assigned in expectation that the

Project Aquatone would end, and the aircraft be turned over to SAC. This never happened, and the 4029th SRS was never equipped. The wing moved to Davis–Monthan AFB in 1963.[3]

"The

DC-130 launch and CH-3 recovery aircraft."[4]

References

  1. ^ "USAF Firebee units". robdebie.home.xs4all.nl.
  2. ^ "CIA U-2 Project Aquatone. Air Force U-2 Projects Idealist and the U-2 pilots today". area51specialprojects.com.
  3. ISBN 0-7643-2346-6
    , page 404.
  4. ISBN 0-7643-2346-6
    , page 405.
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