I just found this old list. okaaay.
March 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I just found this old list. okaaay.
For those of you who have seen #OUTLANDER Episode 713, "Hello, Goodbye", here's a short video about Spitfires used for photoreconnaissance missions during WWII.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1U...
Photo Reconnaissance Spitfires | Spy Planes | RAF’s Eye in the Sky
YouTube video by Iris Aviation
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December 22, 2024 at 10:57 PM
For those of you who have seen #OUTLANDER Episode 713, "Hello, Goodbye", here's a short video about Spitfires used for photoreconnaissance missions during WWII.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1U...
Examining shadows of fences like a cold war photoreconnaissance analyst, determining that indeed I cannot walk that way
Being the type of person who spends 30 minutes zoomed all the way in on google maps satellite imagery planning the route you will walk from the metro station to the new place you need to go tomorrow is good actually because that's how you find good new sandwich shops to incorporate into your errands
January 11, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Examining shadows of fences like a cold war photoreconnaissance analyst, determining that indeed I cannot walk that way
🧵 Photoreconnaissance Lockheed P-38 marked 'Snooper'. Charleroi, France. November 1944
"PHOT RECONNAISSANCE, CHARLEROI, FRANCE"
🎞️📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/16552
"PHOT RECONNAISSANCE, CHARLEROI, FRANCE"
🎞️📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/16552
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🧵 Photoreconnaissance Lockheed P-38 marked 'Snooper'. Charleroi, France. November 1944
"PHOT RECONNAISSANCE, CHARLEROI, FRANCE"
🎞️📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/16552
"PHOT RECONNAISSANCE, CHARLEROI, FRANCE"
🎞️📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/16552
Soviet photoreconnaissance satellites did not yet exist, but if its worldwide network of covert base watchers and/or intelligence collection ships had detected the launch preparations or the test and relayed that information to Moscow, the Cuban Missile Crisis could have ended very differently.
October 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Soviet photoreconnaissance satellites did not yet exist, but if its worldwide network of covert base watchers and/or intelligence collection ships had detected the launch preparations or the test and relayed that information to Moscow, the Cuban Missile Crisis could have ended very differently.
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 versus 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 versus 30).
October 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 versus 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 versus 30).
Soviet photoreconnaissance satellites did not yet exist, but if its worldwide network of covert base watchers and/or intelligence collection ships had detected the launch preparations or the test and relayed that information to Moscow, the Cuban Missile Crisis could have ended very differently.
October 26, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Soviet photoreconnaissance satellites did not yet exist, but if its worldwide network of covert base watchers and/or intelligence collection ships had detected the launch preparations or the test and relayed that information to Moscow, the Cuban Missile Crisis could have ended very differently.
A photoreconnaissance P-51 Mustang with a very unusual dazzle camouflage, pictured in 1942. This example is also armed with four 20 mm cannons.
#USA, via: i.redd.it/xugoxerem9yf...
#USA, via: i.redd.it/xugoxerem9yf...
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A photoreconnaissance P-51 Mustang with a very unusual dazzle camouflage, pictured in 1942. This example is also armed with four 20 mm cannons.
#USA, via: i.redd.it/xugoxerem9yf...
#USA, via: i.redd.it/xugoxerem9yf...
The Royal Australian Air Force received five Lockheed F-4 Lightning photo reconnaissance aircraft from August 31, 1942. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Aviation #LockheedF4 #LockheedLightning #photoreconnaissance #WW2 #airplane #aeroplane #aircraft #RAAF #royalaustralianairforce
August 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Royal Australian Air Force received five Lockheed F-4 Lightning photo reconnaissance aircraft from August 31, 1942. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Aviation #LockheedF4 #LockheedLightning #photoreconnaissance #WW2 #airplane #aeroplane #aircraft #RAAF #royalaustralianairforce
The UK believed for a while that they could do precision bombing of German oil refineries *at night,* and RAF bomber crews certainly claimed to be hitting their targets.
But then someone thought of sending photoreconnaissance Spitfires out to double check, and the results were... uh... "different."
But then someone thought of sending photoreconnaissance Spitfires out to double check, and the results were... uh... "different."
October 29, 2024 at 2:16 PM
The UK believed for a while that they could do precision bombing of German oil refineries *at night,* and RAF bomber crews certainly claimed to be hitting their targets.
But then someone thought of sending photoreconnaissance Spitfires out to double check, and the results were... uh... "different."
But then someone thought of sending photoreconnaissance Spitfires out to double check, and the results were... uh... "different."
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 versus 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 versus 30).
October 5, 2024 at 5:11 PM
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 versus 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 versus 30).
Did not make that meme, and, yes, warehouses are being used as concentration camps .. presumably because they're immune to photoreconnaissance.
March 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Did not make that meme, and, yes, warehouses are being used as concentration camps .. presumably because they're immune to photoreconnaissance.
Good point. If it's willing to try, Europe can replace US contributions of equipment & $, but it can't fully replace US photoreconnaissance & other intelligence. That, logistics & the Navy are 🇺🇸's greatest military strengths
But Trump probably doesn't mind intelligence aid that costs the US nothing
But Trump probably doesn't mind intelligence aid that costs the US nothing
December 9, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Good point. If it's willing to try, Europe can replace US contributions of equipment & $, but it can't fully replace US photoreconnaissance & other intelligence. That, logistics & the Navy are 🇺🇸's greatest military strengths
But Trump probably doesn't mind intelligence aid that costs the US nothing
But Trump probably doesn't mind intelligence aid that costs the US nothing
#OTD in 1960 the Discoverer XIII reentry capsule became the first human-made object to be recovered from orbit. It was the last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 satellite series. Discoverer was the cover name for the highly classified Air Force/CIA Corona photoreconnaissance satellite program
August 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
#OTD in 1960 the Discoverer XIII reentry capsule became the first human-made object to be recovered from orbit. It was the last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 satellite series. Discoverer was the cover name for the highly classified Air Force/CIA Corona photoreconnaissance satellite program
Timely, accurate intelligence absolutely reduced what we spent on nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Unfortunately, for more than a decade (until the early 1960s and U-2 spy planes and CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites) we didn’t have much, and fear and projection often drove decisionmaking.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Timely, accurate intelligence absolutely reduced what we spent on nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Unfortunately, for more than a decade (until the early 1960s and U-2 spy planes and CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites) we didn’t have much, and fear and projection often drove decisionmaking.
#OTD in 1960, the Discoverer XIV reentry capsule was recovered in midair by a USAF C-119 aircraft. Discoverer XIV, the cover name for the highly classified Corona KH-1 program, was the first satellite to successfully provide photoreconnaissance and began a revolutionary intelligence breakthrough.
August 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
#OTD in 1960, the Discoverer XIV reentry capsule was recovered in midair by a USAF C-119 aircraft. Discoverer XIV, the cover name for the highly classified Corona KH-1 program, was the first satellite to successfully provide photoreconnaissance and began a revolutionary intelligence breakthrough.
Discoverer XIV reentry capsule was recovered in midair by a USAF C-119 aircraft #OTD in 1960. Discoverer XIV, the cover name for the highly classified Corona KH-1 program, was the first satellite to successfully provide photoreconnaissance and began a revolutionary intelligence breakthrough.
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Discoverer XIV reentry capsule was recovered in midair by a USAF C-119 aircraft #OTD in 1960. Discoverer XIV, the cover name for the highly classified Corona KH-1 program, was the first satellite to successfully provide photoreconnaissance and began a revolutionary intelligence breakthrough.
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 vs. 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 vs. 30).
October 5, 2023 at 2:55 PM
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 vs. 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 vs. 30).
.@terrermine_g8 National Air and Space Museum airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit... 60th Anniversary of the First GAMBIT-1 Photoreconnaissance Satellite Flight
Jul 12, 2023
Jul 12, 2023
60th Anniversary of the First GAMBIT-1 Photoreconnaissance Satellite Flight
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launched the first GAMBIT-1 high-resolution photoreconnaissance satellite on July 12, 1963. It enabled the United States intelligence community photo analysts ...
airandspace.si.edu
July 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
.@terrermine_g8 National Air and Space Museum airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit... 60th Anniversary of the First GAMBIT-1 Photoreconnaissance Satellite Flight
Jul 12, 2023
Jul 12, 2023
Chinese Nationalist Lockheed F-5 Lightning. Up to 15 Lockheed F-5E and G photo-reconnaissance Lightnings were operated by the Republic of China Air Force post war www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Aviation #LockheedF5Lightning #LockheedF5 #Photoreconnaissance #WW2 #Aeroplane #airplane
August 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Chinese Nationalist Lockheed F-5 Lightning. Up to 15 Lockheed F-5E and G photo-reconnaissance Lightnings were operated by the Republic of China Air Force post war www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Aviation #LockheedF5Lightning #LockheedF5 #Photoreconnaissance #WW2 #Aeroplane #airplane
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#OTD in 1960 Discoverer 13 reentry capsule, the last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 satellite series, became the first human-made object to be recovered from orbit. Discoverer was the cover name for the highly classified Air Force/CIA Corona photoreconnaissance satellite program.
August 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#OTD in 1960 Discoverer 13 reentry capsule, the last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 satellite series, became the first human-made object to be recovered from orbit. Discoverer was the cover name for the highly classified Air Force/CIA Corona photoreconnaissance satellite program.
Starting in the early 1960s, the Soviet Union launched hundreds of photoreconnaissance satellites that returned exposed film back to Earth in capsules.
www.thespacereview.com/article/4646/1
www.thespacereview.com/article/4646/1
The Space Review: Soviet television reconnaissance satellites
www.thespacereview.com
September 7, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Starting in the early 1960s, the Soviet Union launched hundreds of photoreconnaissance satellites that returned exposed film back to Earth in capsules.
www.thespacereview.com/article/4646/1
www.thespacereview.com/article/4646/1