Messing with Soviet Spy Planes...

AJChenMPH

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THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS John F. Kennedy was on a training cruise near Cuba, and we received a report of yet another Soviet photo-reconnaissance aircraft. After launching fighters to escort it away, our captain came on the loudspeaker and called for all those not on watch to go to the flight deck and bring their cameras.

Imagine Soviet intelligence's embarrassment when the plane's photographs were developed and, instead of revealing sensitive operations, showed a thousand U.S. sailors taking pictures of the Russian aircraft.

--Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by Steven E. Haynes, WT1

Provided Courtesy of Reader's Digest.
 
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