Aerial reconnaissance

Here are entered works limited to the aerial examination of enemy territory to obtain military information concerning installations, movements, resources, strength, etc. Works on military aerial observation in general, including aerial reconnaissance and surveillance, monitoring of friendly ground forces, observation of friendly artillery fire, etc., are entered under Aerial observation (Military science).

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• Military reconnaissance

• Aerial observation (military science)

• Aerial reconnaissance -- International cooperation
• Aerial reconnaissance -- United States
• Aerial reconnaissance, American
• Photographic reconnaissance systems
• Reconnaissance aircraft

• Reconnaissance, Aerial

• The Pilot Land Data System : report of the program planning workshops / Pilot Land Data System Working Group, NASA Office of Space Science and Applications. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1984), by United States. Office of Space Science and Applications. Pilot Land Data System Working Group (page images at HathiTrust)

• Verification technologies : cooperative aerial surveillance in international agreements. (Washington, DC : Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1991]) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Need to Know: The Role of Air Force Reconnaissance in War Planning, 1945-1953, by John Thomas Farquhar (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Early Cold War Overflights, 1950-1956: Symposium Proceedings (2 volumes; Washington: Office of the Historian, Naval Reconaissance Office, 2003), ed. by R. Cargill Hall and Clayton D. Laurie (page images at HathiTrust)

• Intelligence programs : new RC-135 aircraft engines can reduce cost and improve performance : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives / United States General Accounting Office. (Washington, D.C. : The Office ; Gaithersburg, MD (P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg 20877) : The Office [distributor, 1992]), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aerial Common Sensor Program : joint hearing before the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services meeting jointly with the Technical and Tactical Intelligence Subcommittee of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, hearing held, October 20, 2005. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2007), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)

• Embedded computers : Navy's approach to developing patrol aircraft avionics system too risky : report to congressional requesters / United States General Accounting Office. (Washington, D.C. : The Office, 1990), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aerial Common Sensor Program : joint hearing before the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services meeting jointly with the Technical and Tactical Intelligence Subcommittee of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, hearing held, October 20, 2005. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2007), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)

• Early Cold War Overflights, 1950-1956: Symposium Proceedings (2 volumes; Washington: Office of the Historian, Naval Reconaissance Office, 2003), ed. by R. Cargill Hall and Clayton D. Laurie (page images at HathiTrust)

• Operation Provide Comfort : review of U.S. Air Force investigation of Black Hawk fratricide incident : report to Congressional requesters / United States General Accounting Office. (Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington, D.C. 20013) : The Office, [1997]), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• How to interpret tree mortality on large-scale color aerial photographs / Frank C. Croft, Robert C. Heller, David A. Hamilton, Jr. (Odgen, Ut : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1982), by Frank C. Croft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comparison of AVHRR classification and aerial photography interpretation for estimation of forest area / Keith B. Lannom, David L. Evans, and Zhiliang Zhu. (New Orleans, La. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, [1995]), by Keith Byron Lannom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of ERTS-1 data for forest and rangeland surveys / Robert C. Heller. (Berkeley, Calif. : Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1975), by Robert Chester Heller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Large-scale color aerial photography as a tool in sampling for mortality rates / David A. Hamilton, Jr. (Ogden, Utah : Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1981), by David A. Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Land use/land cover and environmental photointerpretation keys / by George L. Loelkes ... [et al.]. ([Reston, Va.?] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ; Alexandria, Va. : For sale by Distribution Branch, Text Products Section, U.S. Geological Survey, 1983) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Photointerpretation guide for forest resource inventories. ([Washington] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, [1975]), by United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Learning to estimate stand volume from aerial photos / Karl E. Moessner. (Ogden, Utah : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station, 1964), by Karl E. Moessner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The RAPID technique : a new method for evaluating downstream effects of forest practices on riparian zones / Gordon Grant. ([Portland Or.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1988), by Gordon. Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Photo interpretation of the terrain along the southern part of the Alaska Highway : An application of the combined knowledge and techniques of botany and geology to the phot interpretation of terrain in northern regions / by Hugh M. Raup and Charles S. Denny. (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1950), by Hugh Miller Raup (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ground observations and utility evaluations of space and high-altitude photography, eastern Arizona. Prepared by Raytheon Company, Autometric Operation for U.S. Dept. of the Interior, EROS Program. (Washington [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1970), by Raytheon Company. Autometric Operation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Aerial-photo interpretation in classifying and mapping soils / prepared by soil scientists and cartographers, Soil Survey Staff, Soil Conservation Service. (Washington, D.C. : Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1966) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forester's guide to aerial photo interpretation / T. Eugene Avery. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1969), by Thomas Eugene Avery (page images at HathiTrust)
• A technique for the determination of Louisiana marsh salinity zones from vegetation mapped by multispectral scanner data : a comparison of satellite and aircraft data / M. Kristine Butera, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex. (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1977), by M. Kristine Butera (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of motion-degraded images; proceedings. (Washington : Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1969), by Seminar on Evaluation of Motion-Degraded Images (page images at HathiTrust)
• River basin snow mapping at the National Environmental Satellite Service / Stanley R. Schneider, Donald R. Wiesnet, Michael C. McMillan. (Washington : National Environmental Satellite Service, 1976), by Stanley R. Schneider (page images at HathiTrust)
• Photo interpretation of vegetation in the tropical Pacific area and its use as an indicator of kind of ground. (Washington, Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1944), by Geological Survey (U.S.). Military Geology Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Phase I report: perceptron applicability to photointerpretation (Project PICS) (Buffalo, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, 1960), by Albert E. Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study and exploitation of aerial photographs / issued by the Division of Military Aeronautics, U.S. Army. (Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1918), by United States. War Department. Division of Military Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Algorithm for correcting the VHRR imagery for geometric distortions due to the earth curvature, earth rotation and spacecraft roll attitude errors / Richard Legeckis and John Pritchard (Washington : Environmental Sciences Group, National Environmental Satellite Service, 1976), by Richard Legeckis (page images at HathiTrust)

• Status and planning report on perceptron applicability to automatic photo interpretation / prepared [for Geography Branch, Office of Naval Research] by W. S. Holmes ... [et al.]. (Buffalo : Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, inc., 1961) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A selective bibliography on imagery reconnaissance and related matters / Robert A. McDonald. (Washington, DC : Defense Intelligence College, [1988]), by Robert A. McDonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• A selective bibliography on imagery reconnaissance and related matters / Robert A. McDonald. (Washington, DC : Defense Intelligence College, [1993]), by Robert A. McDonald (page images at HathiTrust)

• Evaluation of motion-degraded images; proceedings. (Washington, Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1969), by Seminar on Evaluation of Motion-Degraded Images (page images at HathiTrust)

• SUNSHINE : a light environment simulation system based on hemispherical photographs / W. Rick Smith and Greg L. Somers. (New Orleans, La. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, [1991]), by W. Rick Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mapping insect defoliation in eastern hardwood forests with color-IR aerial photos : a photo interpretation guide / [by J.D. Ward, R.E. Acciavatti, and W.M Ciesla]. (Fort Collins, Colo. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Pest Management, Methods Application Group, [1986]), by J. D. Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

• Variance approximations for assessments of classification accuracy / Raymond L. Czaplewski. (Fort Collins, Colo. (240 W. Prospect Rd., Fort Collins 80526) : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, [1994]), by Raymond L. Czaplewski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Estimating slope percent for land management from aerial photos / Karl E. Moessner and Grover A. Choate. (Ogden, Utah : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station, 1964), by Karl E. Moessner (page images at HathiTrust)

• FIA photointerpretation in southern New England : a tool to determine forest fragmentation and proximity to human development / Rachel Riemann, Kathy Tillman. (Radnor, PA : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, [1999]), by Rachel Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)

• Two aerial photo basal area tables / Karl E. Moessner. (Ogden, Utah : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station, 1964), by Karl E. Moessner (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fourth International Congress for Stereology : proceedings of the fourth International Congress for Stereology held at the National Bureau of Standards ... / edited by Ervin E. Underwood. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1976), by International Congress for Stereology (page images at HathiTrust)

• Uninhabited Air Vehicles: Enabling Science for Military Systems, by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
• Proposed sale of airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) and F-15 enhancements to Saudi Arabia hearings and markup before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs and on Europe and the Middle East, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on H. Con. Res. 194, September 28, October 1, 6, and 7, 1981. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proposed sale of airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) and F-15 enhancements to Saudi Arabia : hearings and markup before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs and on Europe and the Middle East, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on H. Con. Res. 194, September 28, October 1, 6, and 7, 1981. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rough-air effect on crew performance during a simulated low-altitude high-speed surveillance mission / by George J. Hurt, Jr. (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1963]), by George J. Hurt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Continuous-output terminal-shock-position sensor for mixed-compression inlets evaluated in wind-tunnel tests of YF-12 aircraft inlet / by Miles O. Dustin, Gary L. Cole, and George H. Neiner. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1974), by Miles O. Dustin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mechanical characteristics of stability-bleed valves for a supersonic inlet / George H. Neiner, Miles O. Dustin, and Gary L. Cole. (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1977), by George H. Neiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation by step response tests of prototype relief valves designed for YF-12 inlet stability bleed system / Miles O. Dustin and George H. Neiner. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Miles O. Dustin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Brazed Borsic/aluminum structural panels / Thomas T. Bales, H. Ross Wiant, and Dick M. Royster ; Langley Research Center. (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1977), by Thomas T. Bales (page images at HathiTrust)
• Joining and fabrication of metal-matrix composite materials / Dick M. Royster, H. Ross Wiant, and Thomas T. Bales. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1975), by Dick M. Royster (page images at HathiTrust)

• The CIA and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 (unclassified, censored version), by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach (PDF and partial HTML at cia.gov)

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