berman@ihuxm.UUCP (09/15/83)
>From an article in The Chicago Sun-Times 9/15/83,
reprinted from the Denver Post:
U.S. Spy Plane Had Ability to Warn S. Korean Jetline
by T. Edward Eskelson and Tom Bernard
"The authors are former Air Force Communications
Intellignece Specialists who flew on RC-135
reconnaissance missions out of Okinawa..."
"We find the implication made by President
Reagan that the Sakhalin-Kampchtka target
area was abandoned by the RC-135 to be
unbelievable...
"It has been our experience that, on occassion,
the NSA adjusts the flight paths of RC-135s so that
they will intentionally penetrate the airspace
of a target nation..
"We believe, based upon our own experiences,
that the official US version of events is
incomplete and misleading. There are serious
questions as to not only what specific
role the capabilities of the RC-135 played...
but also why these capabilities were never used in an attempt to
head off the tragedy."