Table of Contents

Preface................................................................ix
Author's Note..........................................................xv
Introduction: U.S.-Chinese Air Inc....................................xix
Map - South China and Hainan Island.................................xviii
Map - Mission routes from Incirlik (Adana)........................lxxxiii
Map - Actual flight route of C-130 60528, Sept 2, 1958.............lxxxiv
Chapter 1 - The Shootdown...............................................1
Chapter 2 - Attacks on Other Recon Platforms...........................13
Chapter 3 - Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance............................119
Chapter 4 - Birth of the ACRP.........................................164
Chapter 5 - Air Force Reconnaissance in Europe, 1950s.................202
Chapter 6 - Guys in the Outfit........................................230
Chapter 7 - 60528's Last Crew.........................................263
Chapter 8 - The Aftermath.............................................283
Chapter 9 - Diplomacy - Families are Political Pawns..................335
Chapter 10 - Factors Contributing to 60528's Shootdown................432
Chapter 11 - End of Cold War..........................................469
Chapter 12 - Paying Tribute Four Decades Later........................491
Epilogue..............................................................508


Appendix A - Materials Returned by Soviets with Remains...............516
Appendix B - Flight Crew TDY Orders to Incirlik, Turkey...............519
Appendix C - Transcript of MiG Pilots Shooting Down C-130 60528.......521
Appendix D - International Air Incidents Compared to C-130 Incident...526
vis-à-vis Missing Person Act...................
Appendix E - Acronyms and Abbreviations...............................528
Appendix F - Brief Histories of 7405th and 7407th Support Squadrons...535
Appendix G - U.S. Military Rank and Grade.............................540
Notes.................................................................541
Index.................................................................549
About the Authors.....................................................567

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