Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A pilot is briefed by operations and intelligence officers in the United States. People, including a pilot, in a briefing room. An officer walks in. The officer and the pilot sit in chairs in front of a wall map. An officer briefs the pilot by pointing at the map with a pointer. He walks out. Another officer walks in and briefs the pilot. Yet another officer comes in for the briefing. The pilot and the officer sitting in the chairs go through some papers. Two more officers brief.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft on a runway in the United States. It takes off and climbs into clouds. Airmen wheel equipment on dollies out of an Operations Building. The dollies are pushed back into the Operations Building.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen walk towards the aircraft and arrange plywood sheets around it to shield the operation. A dolly loaded with equipment is pushed near the aircraft. The equipment is uncovered and loaded in the aircraft. An officer supervises the loading. The equipment is hoisted into the Q-bay ( equipment bay ) of the aircraft.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen work on equipment beneath the aircraft. The equipment is hoisted into the Q-bay ( equipment bay ) of the aircraft. An officer supervises the loading operations. An airman in the cockpit. A close view of the equipment.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen and an officer beneath the aircraft. They push a dolly loaded with Q -bay ( equipment bay) hatch beneath the aircraft. The Q-bay hatch is held in place and tightened. A bespectacled airman in the cockpit. He looks out of the canopy. He checks equipment in the cockpit.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. A bespectacled airman checks equipment in the cockpit. An officer and airmen push away a dolly from beneath the aircraft. An airman rotates the handle of an equipment. Airmen help a pilot in donning gloves and helmet.
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