| has gloss | eng: Black Bats (Chinese: hēi biānfú zhōngduì 黑蝙蝠中隊) 34th Squadron was the name of a corps of CIA reconnaissance plane pilots and crew based in Taiwan during the Cold War. Citizens of the Republic of China, they flew missions over mainland China, or the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), to drop agents and gathered military signal intelligences around military sites. The 34th Squadron was formed in 1953 and last operational mission in 1967. The squadrons emblem was a bat and seven stars and its formal name was the 34th Squadron of the ROC Air Force. Unit's aircraft ranging from unarmed version of B-17G, Douglas A-26C/B-26C, P2V-7/RB-69A, C-54, C-123, C-130, and P-3A that later were armed with Sidewinder missiles for self defense. 34th Squadron specialized in very low level air space penetration(100-200 meters altitude) to hug the ground in order to evade enemy radars and fighter interceptions. Later when operating P-3A, its main mission was flying in international water, 40 miles outside of Mainland China, to collect signal intelligences. |
