FROM BATS TO RANGERS

Tutto ciò che si desidera conoscere sulla storia,  sull’impiego e sugli aerei in dotazione all’US Navy's Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON-2 or VQ-2), successivamente rinnomata Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (FAIRECONRON TWO or VQ-2) in questo nuovo titolo di Angelo Romano e John D. Herndon.

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This Pictorial History of US Navy's Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON-2 or VQ-2), later designated Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (FAIRECONRON TWO or VQ-2) by Angelo Romano and AMHC (AW) John D. Herndon, USN, Ret. is the second title of the new US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES by GINTER BOOKS. The photo coverage of the history of the Electric Bats, also known as the Rangers, is comprehensive, both in terms of photography and in terms of historical content. Much of the squadron's mission was top secret, as were many of its cold war missions, but the authors were able to utilize official (declassified) documents and first-hand accounts to write this book. For completeness, it is also a history of the US Navy Electronic Intelligence gathering activities going back to WWII, beginning with the creation of the Cast Mike (Counter Measures) Project in 1942 and the deployment of early XARD receivers aboard aircraft like the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB4Y Liberator.