On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory.

2025年2月21日 · The U-2 Incident (May 1960) was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over …

The U-2 was a special high-altitude plane that flew at a ceiling of 70,000 feet. Because it flew at such heights, it was thought it would be possible for the planes to pass over the Soviet Union …

2009年11月9日 · The U-2 Spy Incident was an international diplomatic crisis that erupted in May 1960 when the USSR shot down an American U-2 spy plane and imprisoned its pilot.

2025年3月13日 · What is the U-2 Incident? The U-2 Incident was a confrontation in 1960 between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 …

As already announced on May 3, a United States National Aeronautical Space Agency unarmed weather research plane based at Adana, Turkey, and piloted by a civilian American has been …

Hopes for a successful summit were dashed when on May 1, May Day, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. On the first day of …

2015年5月1日 · In 1960, one of the most notorious chapters in the Cold War began after American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down and captured during a spying mission …

2025年2月21日 · The U-2 incident was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet …

Eisenhower and the U-2 Spy Plane Incident Francis Gary Powers, photographed in 1966, six years after he was shot down on a U-2 surveillance flight over the Soviet Union. The incident …