Monday, May 26, 2008

Weeks was a pilot in the Central Intelligence Agency flying the super-secret A-12


Whilst not directly related to the Philippines, this is worth a read ..

Weeks was a pilot in the Central Intelligence Agency flying the super-secret A-12 high-level surveillance aircraft from 1963 until his death in 1968. A couple of weeks before his death, he became the pilot who located the USS Pueblo, the American intelligence-gathering ship, after it was captured by North Korean patrol boats. The incident pushed the U.S. dangerously close to a confrontation with the communist country.

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