Once flown by Francis Gary Powers, it's the famous U.S. reconnaissance jet of the '50s & '60s seen here
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American U-2 spy plane shot down - May 01, 1960 - HISTORY.com  An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the ... weapons sophisticated enough to shoot down the high-altitude planes. On May 1, 1960, a U-2 flight piloted by Francis Gary Powers disappeared ... Eisenhower considered the stupid U-2 mess one of the worst debacles of his presidency.
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1960 U-2 incident - Wikipedia  The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. The aircraft, flown by Central Intelligence Agency pilot Francis Gary Powers, ... The U-2 flew at altitudes that could not be reached by Soviet fighter jets of...
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U-2 Spy Incident - Cold War - HISTORY.com  The U-2 spy plane incident raised tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets during ... making reconnaissance flights over the USSR in 1956, giving the U.S. its first ... U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers carried a tiny needle filled with poison so that he ... the U-2 aircraft were initially unreachable by both Soviet jets and missiles.
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U-2 incident facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  The U-2 is a jet-powered reconnaissance aircraft specially designed to fly at high ... 1960 when a U-2 flown by CIA pilot Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union. ... the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed by the U.S. and its .... Eisenhower ordered U-2 flights resumed after the Soviets crushed the...
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History of U.S. Drones | Understanding Empire  In World War I, aerial surveillance was used extensively. ... Third, during the Cold War the drone was seen as a viable surveillance platform able .... These prototypes were the most ambitious unmanned surveillance drones in Air Force .... The CIA's official legal authority to conduct covert operations stems from the powerful...
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F-117 Stealth Fighter - Scribd  The F-117A has been seen in the static displays of a number of airshows in the USA ... Here the first aircraft made its maiden flight on 1 December 1977. aboard ... Outside the Stealth community. the second word in the name was selected ..... to Tonopah airfield. but the change from a primarily nocturnal existence during the...
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Francis Gary Powers - The U-2 Incident - Awesome Stories  He, and his plane, were shot down over the town of Sverdlovsk (known today as Ekaterinburg), causing a major "Cold War" problem between the US and the USSR. ... called Operation Overflight - contains excerpts from his trial in the Soviet Union. .... Social Studies  World History  Trials  Famous Historical Topics & Events...
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Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager - 456th F.I.S.  13, 1923, in Myra, W.V. He attended the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort ... General Yeager's first assignment was as a P-39 pilot with the 363d Fighter .... Yeager flew the X-1, which he had renamed the Glamorous Glennis in honor of his ... of Yeager's first Mach One flight, Yeager broke the sound barrier once again,...
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P51 Dazzle Scheme | Planes | Pinterest  B-2 Spirit ( The most high tech aircraft on planet Earth ) also militarily poor value in ... North American P-51 Mustang in Dazzle Camouflage by amphalon, via Flickr .... WWI naval camouflage, Edward Wadsworth, Rhythms of Modern Life, 1918 ...... 2011) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81...
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World Record for Speed Over a Known Course Archives - This Day ...  Sep 1, 2016 ... 59 April 1937: Kamikaze-g, a prototype of the Mitsubishi Ki-15 ... The airplane was flown to London for the coronation of George VI. ... JAPAN MAKES HER MARK ... in that the aircraft and engine were of Japanese manufacture. ... minutes the Divine Wind took the air again for Paris, arriving there at 1.33...
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F-117 Stealth Fighter - Scribd  The F-117A has been seen in the static displays of a number of airshows in ... Here the first aircraft made its maiden flight on 1 December 1977. aboard USAF C-5s. ... a number of names and designations were used unofficially. and the fighter ..... to Tonopah airfield. but the change from a primarily nocturnal existence during...
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Amazon.com: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident ...  Amazon.com: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident ... gives you a private account of somebody that was deeply involved in the U-2 Cold War ... On 1-May, 1960, CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR and ... I've seen the wreckage of his U-2 spy plane, still on exhibit in the "Cold War"...
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An Architect's Gift from the Jet Age: The TWA Flight Center at JFK ...  Oct 11, 2014 ... TWA Terminal, JFK, Idlewild, Saarinen, Modern Architecture, NYC landmarks, Jet ... He had been able to capture an American moment incorporating ... A scan from Fly the Finest Fly TWA: A Pictorial History of Trans World Airlines, .... Dulles Airport, Eero Saarinen, Modern design, Architecture, Jet Age,...