Cold
War Working Group
The Cold War Working Group (CWWG) was established within the structure of
the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs in 1993, and is chaired by A.
Denis Clift and Colonel Vladimir Konstantinovich Vinogradov.
The Cold War Working Group’s research focuses on ten specific cases involving
U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft lost over or near Soviet territory.
As a result of those losses, 89 aircrew members remain unaccounted for. The
working group’s efforts have led to the recovery of the remains of 18
aircrew members from two separate losses on the territory of the former Soviet
Union. These remains were repatriated and buried at Arlington Cemetery with
full military honors.
The CWWG continues to investigate aircraft losses in the former Soviet Union.
Because most of the Cold War losses took place over water, much of the research
has been concentrated in the Central Archives of the Naval Forces of the Russian
Federation at Gatchina, near St. Petersburg. In addition to its program of
archival research, U.S. and Russian representatives of the Joint Commission
also conduct a vigorous interview program with witnesses throughout the former
Soviet Union.
The CWWG has also assisted the Russian side in clarifying its Cold War aircraft
losses and a submarine loss. In addition, information from U.S. government
sources helped to shed light on the fates of dozens of Soviet POW/MIAs from
the Afghanistan War.
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