Black Bat Squadron

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Black Bat Squadron official emblem
Black Bat Squadron official emblem

Black Bats (Chinese: hēi biānfú zhōngduì 黑蝙蝠中隊) was the name of a corps of CIA reconnaissance plane pilots based in Taiwan during the Cold War. Citizens of the Republic of China, they flew missions over Mainland China to drop agents and photograph military sites. The corps came into being in 1953 and was disbanded around 1975, being absorbed into China Airlines. However, 5 of the squadron's aircraft were shot down by PRC air defenses and 3 ROCAF pilots were killed. The squadron's emblem was a bat and seven stars and its formal name was the 34th Squadron of the ROC Air Force.

Director Ting Wen-chin (Dīng Wénjìng 丁雯靜) made a documentary about them entitled The Secret Hidden in the Sky of Taiwan (Táiwān tiānkōng de mìmi 台灣天空的祕密).

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