[DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Questions page 2058 - 20TH CENTURY WRITERS ... [PAR] ... New Centurions"  BIRDS: The ancient Greeks used these birds to carry news 
of the Olympic Games ... ESPIONAGE: In 1956 a program that deployed balloons 
with cameras over Russia ended & this new plane replaced it  20TH CENTURY
... [DOC] [TLE] U-2 Spy Plane's Retirement Signals the End of an Era - History in ... [PAR] Aug 5, 2011 ... By World War II, planes and cameras had advanced enough for ... conducting 
peacetime aerial espionage missions over Russia. ... In 1953, the Air Force 
asked several smaller aircraft manufacturers to submit proposals for the new 
plane. ... At the beginning of the U-2 program, at least, they were also given... [DOC] [TLE] Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, 
ultra-high ... The U-2 is one of a handful of aircraft types to have served the USAF 
for over 50 .... The new camera had a resolution of 2.5 feet (76 cm) from an 
altitude of ... In August 2015, the 60th-year anniversary of the U-2 program, 
Lockheed... [DOC] [TLE] Strategic Air Command - Wikipedia [PAR] Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Department of Defense Specified 
Command and a ... SAC also operated all strategic reconnaissance aircraft, all 
strategic airborne .... Kirtland Field, New Mexico (later Kirtland Air Force Base) ... 
to effectively end World War II, SAC became the focus of the nation's nuclear 
strike... [DOC] [TLE] Corona (satellite) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance 
satellites produced .... Later in the program, the satellite employed three cameras. 
... Film was retrieved from orbit via a reentry capsule (nicknamed "film bucket"), 
..... The project ended when Corona was replaced by the KH-9 Hexagon program
. [DOC] [TLE] Intelligence at Considerable Risk (1955 - 1960) - National ... [PAR] While these new aircraft were safer than the earlier modified versions, the risks ... 
In the 1950s, aircraft like these RB-47 planes conducted surveillance missions 
over the ... GENETRIX used camera-carrying high-altitude balloons released 
from ... By February 1956, when the president ended the program, the Air Force 
had... [DOC] [TLE] Aerospace Spy Planes & Satellites: It begins with Royal Air Force Air ... [PAR] During WW2, Cotton modified single-engined photo recon planes like the Spitfire 
... they placed cameras in aircraft that were INFERIOR in flight performance to 
Allied ... If allowed to fly-over, they took photos of the deceptive decoys we 
wanted ..... the "Flying Wing," and the Air Force selected it to replace the war-
tested B-29. [DOC] [TLE] (est pub date) observation balloons and reconnaissance ... - CIA [PAR] With the advent of photography, balloons could carry cameras into the ... The 
appearance of the airplane as an implement of war in World War I .... February 
1956 with results far short of expectations. ... ended in an anomaly over the 
Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska. ... a new balloon program, this one known as 
WS-461L. [DOC] [TLE] Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2 - NASA [PAR] tional cruising altitude of 65,000 feet over a distance of 161 miles. After level- ..... 
new reconnaissance program should be controlled by the CIA and stipulated ... 
XF-104 nose had been blunted and the XF-104's T-tail replaced with a more ...... 
1956, the U-2 fleet consisted of nine airplanes with a combined total of 1,042. [DOC] [TLE] Establishment - National Reconnaissance Office [PAR] Sep 17, 2011 ... space program today shows how much the NRO has evolved. .... capabilities, 
new intelligence challenges arose in the 1970s when .... the first of 516 balloons 
on 10 January 1956, but President Eisenhower cancelled ... If uniformed 
personnel of the armed services of the United States fly over Russia, he. [DOC] [TLE] Lockheed U-2 - Spy Flight [PAR] The CIA funded U-2 programme was finally authorised in late 1954 and U-2's 
continued ... On 29 Apr 56 CIA Detachment A deployed four aircraft

Question: In 1956 a program that deployed balloons with cameras over Russia ended & this new plane replaced it
Answer: U-2