Aerial reconnaissance

English: Aerial reconnaissance or Air Reconnaissance is the reconnaissance and surveillance that is usually conducted by unmanned aerial vehicles or reconnaissance aircraft.

Svenska: Flygspaning är beteckningen på verksamhet där man från flygplan eller andra flygande farkoster spanar efter föremål på marken eller havsytan.

Українська: Пові́тряна ро́звідка  — один з видів військової розвідки.

Main category: Aerial reconnaissance

Aeroplanes

Main categories: MQ-9 Reaper and Lockheed U-2

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  NASA Altair with satellite communication equipment exposed
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  Camera bay of a reconnaissance Dassault Mirage III R
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  Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
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  Lockheed U-2 with range of possible payloads
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  U.S. reconnaissance photograph of soviet missile sites on Cuba, taken from a Lockheed U-2 spy plane following the Cuban missile crisis
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  U2 photograph taken during the during the Cuban Missile Crisis showing missile transporters and missile-ready tents where fueling and maintenance took place

Balloons and airships

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  James Wallace Black took this photograph of Boston from a tethered balloon in 1860
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  Thaddeus Lowe observing the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks from his balloon "Intrepid" on the north side of the Chicahominy, 1862
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  A blimp view of RNAS Pulham UK 1919

Cameras

Main category: Aerial cameras

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  Pigeon photographer, carrying a Doppel-Sport small format automatic camera
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  George Raymond Lawrence kite camera

Kites

Main category: Kite aerial photography

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  Labruguière photographed by Arthur Batut's kite in 1889
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  Kite aerial photo overlooking the West Haven, CT shoreline at the Bradley Point and Savin Rock area.

Organisations

Main category: National Reconnaissance Office images

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  Photo interpretation at the U.S. National Photographic Interpretation Center during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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  Seal of the United States National Reconnaissance Office

People

Main category: James Wallace Black

Main category: Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

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  James Wallace Black nade the first aerial photographs in the United States
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  Thaddeus S. C. Lowe developed techniques of aerial reconnaissance
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  Julius Neubronner with pigeon and camera 1914

Pigeons

Main category: Pigeons in aerial photography

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  Pigeon camera and harness
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  Toy soldier with dog, pigeon cage and pigeon with camera
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  Photographs taken by pigeon showing wingtips

Rockets

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  Aerial photograph of Swedish landscape taken by rocket, 1897