Part Iv: Other Communist Military Developments LossS of F-104 Starfighte R Over

Central Intelligence Agency · 1965

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Description

Part four of a 1965 CIA paper turns to other communist military developments, including the loss of an F-104 Starfighter. The surviving title breaks off before saying where the jet was lost. Papers in this series gathered smaller items that still mattered for tracking enemy forces.

Compilations like this one let analysts watch aircraft, units, and losses across a wide front. A single lost jet could hint at new defenses or new risks for pilots. The heading's rough state also shows how these files reached the public, as scanned titles with missing ends. Even fragments help reconstruct what the agency tracked week by week.

Catalog record

CREATORCentral Intelligence Agency
YEAR1965
COLLECTIONDECLASSIFIED
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE2834
VERSION1.0
LICENSEPublic Domain
RIGHTSPUBLIC DOMAIN
SOURCEInternet Archive — CIA Reading Room mirror

Source: https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-0000008270

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