<sod> '''Black Bats''' ({{zh|c=黑蝙蝠中隊|p=hēi biānfú zhōngduì}}) 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 [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC), to drop agents and gathered military signal intelligences around military sites. The 34th Squadron was formed in 1953 and flew its last operational mission in 1967. The squadron's emblem was a bat and seven stars and its formal name was the 34th Squadron of the [[ROC Air Force]]. Unit's aircraft included the [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17G]], [[Douglas A-26 Invader|Douglas A-26C/B-26C Invader]], 7 [[Lockheed P-2 Neptune|Lockheed RB-69A]], [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster|Douglas C-54]], 11 [[Fairchild C-123 Provider|Fairchild C-123B/K Provider]], [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130E Hercules]], and 3 "black" [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|Lockheed P-3A Orion]] (149669, 149673, 149678).  The P-3As and RB-69As were armed with [[AIM-9 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.<ref>[http://taiwanbbs.org/cgi/index.pl?b=mil,s=480,m=1104906047#r577   In Chinese, Taiwan BBS]</ref><eod>
<sod>'''Black Bats''' ({{zh|c=黑蝙蝠中隊|p=hēi biānfú zhōngduì}}) 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 [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC), to drop agents and gathered military signal intelligences around military sites. The 34th Squadron was formed in 1953 and flew its last operational mission in 1967. The squadron's emblem was a bat and seven stars and its formal name was the 34th Squadron of the [[ROC Air Force]]. Unit's aircraft included the [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17G]], [[Douglas A-26 Invader|Douglas A-26C/B-26C Invader]], 7 [[Lockheed P-2 Neptune|Lockheed RB-69A]], [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster|Douglas C-54]], 11 [[Fairchild C-123 Provider|Fairchild C-123B/K Provider]], [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130E Hercules]], and 3 "black" [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|Lockheed P-3A Orion]] (149669, 149673, 149678).  The P-3As and RB-69As were armed with [[AIM-9 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.<ref>[http://taiwanbbs.org/cgi/index.pl?b=mil,s=480,m=1104906047#r577   In Chinese, Taiwan BBS]</ref><eod>