Routinely, spies are summarily executed military men captured, are supposed to be treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention.“. Our status as a military pilot on a military mission was supposed to carry with it certain prerogatives which other countries were “constrained” to recognise, but whether they did or not was another question. MOD’s Airseeker Delivery Manager.When we asked former Blackbird, B-57 and U-2 pilot BC Thomas for his thoughts on the Top 10 spy planes he wasn’t comfortable with the term, noting “The SR-71 was a Strategic Reconnaissance Aircraft, not a ‘spy plane.’ The practice of calling the SR-71 a ‘spy plane’ is so prevalent that I have stopped trying to correct the error, and it is no longer important since the SR-71 is no longer flying, although the U-2 pilots have cause to resent their being called ‘spy pilots.’ We have resented that moniker because of the formal, international consequences of being captured as a spy, as opposed to a military man flying a marked military aircraft, while wearing a military uniform with name and rank displayed, and carrying a military identification card which is also a Geneva Convention Identification card.
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MOD throughout the Airseeker program has been the key to delivering aircraft early and fielding the capability ahead of the original schedule,” said Bill Chrispin, the U.K. “ The cooperation between 元, the USAF and the U.K.
The first two aircraft were delivered in 20, respectively, and upon gaining their airworthiness releases. purchased three Rivet Joint aircraft for conversion by 元 from KC-135R tankers to the RC-135W configuration. will be closely involved in future maturation of the Rivet Joint weapon system for at least the next 25 years.” program as the highest level of intelligence cooperation between the two countries since World War II,” said Mark Von Schwarz, 元’s Senior Vice President and President of its Aerospace Systems business segment.
allies with an intelligence-gathering platform that supports near-real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.” Kubasik, 元’s President and Chief Operating Officer. access to future innovative technology and presents a very high level of interoperability with major coalition partners,” said Christopher E.
“ This groundbreaking agreement gives the U.K. 元 has also delivered a station to support ground operations and training systems to train both operators and maintainers. RJ and USAF RJ aircraft form a combined fleet of 20 aircraft, and 元 will perform future baseline upgrades and periodic depot maintenance on the fleet. Upon touchdown at Royal Air Force Waddington, Lincolnshire, U.K., the aircraft was formally transferred to the RAF, completing the hardware deliveries under the Foreign Military Sales contract valued at approximately $1 billion. RJ aircraft form the backbone of the U.K.’s Airseeker capability, providing new and collaborative intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) resources in support of global security missions.
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