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Francis Gary Powers U-2 shot down
Francis Gary Powers was supposed to have been killed and his aircraft destroyed when he failed to finish his mission. As a result, the...
Francis Gary Powers Jr. provided details on his father’s U-2 being shot down
“Especially in light of the U-2 that was shot down over Cuba in 1962, I understood my father’s frustration. All of a sudden, Washington...
Carmine Vito: the only U-2 pilot to fly above Moscow
“I learned later that the Soviets launched at least five fighters to intercept my flight. Two planes took off initially. The lead plane aborted...
The Project Blue Book and how UFO sightings covered high-altitude U-2 flights
Numerous U-2 spy planes testing at high altitudes were the primary cause of many UFO sightings reported to Project Blue Book beginning in 1955
Midway...