4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

The 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was a component of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Strategic Air Command, that operated Lockheed U-2 spy planes out of Laughlin AFB, Texas, and 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.

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  2. ^ "CIA U-2 Project Aquatone. Air Force U-2 Projects Idealist and the U-2 pilots today". area51specialprojects.com.