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ISR Audio Tour Part 1

by National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
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The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) History Office created this tour to focus on the intelligence lessons taught through the museum's collection.

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  • ISR Tour: Me 262

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  • ISR Tour: FW 190D-9

    July 30, 2015 · 1 min

    The FW 190D-9 on display surrendered to the Royal Air Force at Flensburg, Germany, up near the Danish border. It served with JG3 during the war. The American technical intelligence troops acquired it from the British and loaded it on board…

  • ISR Tour: Bf 109G-10

    July 30, 2015 · 1 min

    American forces captured this Bf 109G-10 at an airfield near Munich at the end of the war. It originally belonged to Jagdgeschwader (JG) 52, the same unit the highest scoring aces of all time belonged to. American technical intelligence…

  • ISR Tour: Ju 88

    July 30, 2015 · 1 min

    Sometimes technical intelligence personnel went to great lengths to recover enemy equipment and bring it back for exploitation. The museum’s Ju 88D-1 defected from the Romanian Air Force to the Royal Air Force on the island of Cyprus in…

  • ISR Tour: V-2

    July 30, 2015 · 2 min

    When intelligence indicated that the Germans planned to deploy a ballistic missile against England, one of Churchill’s scientific advisors claimed it to be impossible since, in his expert opinion, it required solid propellant. According to…