Editing Imagery intelligence (section)

==Aircraft==
[[File:US_Navy_040924-N-6213R-038_Intelligence_Specialist_2nd_Class_Damon_Jenkins_of_Los_Angeles,_Calif.,_reviews_aerial_reconnaissance_imagery_on_a_light_table_in_the_Carrier_Intelligence_Center_(CVIC).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|US Navy sailor examining aerial reconnaissance imagery on a [[light table]], 2004.]]
Low- and high-flying planes have been used all through the last century to gather intelligence about the enemy. U.S. high-flying reconnaissance planes include the [[Lockheed U-2]], and the much faster [[SR-71 Blackbird]], (retired in 1998). One advantage planes have over satellites is that planes can usually produce more detailed photographs and can be placed over the target more quickly, more often, and more cheaply, but planes also have the disadvantage of possibly being intercepted by aircraft or missiles such as in the [[1960 U-2 incident]].

[[Unmanned aerial vehicle]]s have been developed for imagery and signals intelligence. These drones are a [[force multiplier]] by giving the battlefield commander an "eye in the sky" without risking a [[aviator|pilot]].