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air reconnaissance

The acquisition of information by employing visual observation and/or sensors in air vehicles.

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Parents	reconnaissance operation	A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area. Also called RECON.
Children	air photographic reconnaissance	The obtaining of information by air photography, divided into three types: a. Strategic photographic reconnaissance b. Tactical photographic reconnaissance and c. Survey/cartographic photography-air photography taken for survey/ cartographical purposes and to survey/cartographic standards of accuracy. It may be strategic or tactical.