. . "* 1 RF-4C, 1 RF-5B, 2 CH-47 confirmed" . "Assumed discovery of useable intelligence, then superseded and made redundant by the Iranian Revolution." . "Project Dark Gene"@en . "USA & Iran" . . . . "* IIAF Major Shokouhnia and USAF Colonel John Saunders captured and later released" . . . "* In total, 6 aircraft possibly lost" . . . "Project Dark Gene was an aerial reconnaissance program run by the Central Intelligence Agency and Imperial Iranian Air Force from bases inside Iran against the Soviet Union. The program was run in conjunction with Project Ibex, which was a more traditional ELINT mission. The first operations were during the 1960s with support of Iran's former Shah. Dedicated aircraft, air-bases, and U.S."@en . "Imperial State of Iran" .