Overhead Espionage: A Historical Snapshot of US Aerial ReconnaissanceAerial reconnaissance, an invaluable part of US military warfare for intelligence gathering and support of ground troops, was referred to in its developmental years as overhead espionage. Although overhead espionage is most often associated with the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, its origin dates back to Napoleon Bonaparte's French Balloon Corps in 1799. A little known fact is that US aerial reconnaissance was effectively