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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Col. Adelbert W. Carpenter

Chris Pocock is a renowned British Aviation writer and is considered the living expert historian on the U-2 program.
He has written three definitive books on the U-2 program:
2005 – 50 years of the U-2 with unprecedented detail, in-depth interviews, declassified documents, and the author’s analysis.
2000 – The U-2 Spyplane – Toward the Unknown
1989 – Dragon Lady – The History of the U-2 Spyplane
His interest in the U-2 started in the early 1970s with a visit to Davis-Monthan AFB, which was then the home of the U.S. Air Force U-2 wing. He continued to follow current U-2 operations and probe any source into its allusive history of this remarkable aircraft. His efforts helped ensure that an original U-2C model aircraft and an incredible B-camera were preserved and transferred to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK. He is the only foreign civilian to have flown in the U-2. The CIA Historian describes him as “today’s foremost authority on the U-2, its development, and deployment.”
Educated at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and graduated in 1973.
Today he is a fulltime writer, specializing in defense aerospace and in air logistics.
1997 – on Associate Editor, Europe, CARGO FACTS, Seattle, US
1988 – on Defense Editor of AVIATION INTERANTIONAL NEWS, New Jersey, US
1983 – on Freelance Journalism
1993 -2004 Contributor, & then Editor-in-Chief, CARGOVISION Magazine, Amsterdam
1993-2001 Senior Associate, TRIANGLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Beaconsfield, UK
1988-1993 Editor AIRTRADE, Maclean Hunter Ltd., Barnet, UK
1985-1989 Assistant Editor, MILAVNEWS, Chigwell, UK
1982-1983 Commercial Executive, Heavylift Cargo Airlines, Stansted, UK
1981-1982 Assistant Editor, ASIAN AVIATION, Singapore