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Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Sergei Khrushchev

The restless heart -- Open skies -- Mayday repatriated -- Lost in a crowd -- Searching for Francis -- Voice from the grave -- The last echo -- Unfinished business Summary "Based on newly available ...
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U-2 Incident (1960)

On May 1, 1960, a U.S. U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, exposing a top-secret American surveillance program and escalating Cold War tensions. But what really happened, and how did it ...
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The untouchable spy plane - SR-71 Blackbird’s Cold War reign

The SR-71 Blackbird wasn’t just an aircraft - it was a weapon of information dominance. Born from the need to outwit Soviet ...
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Exhibit takes a look the 'U-2 Incident'

The memories from Pound, Va., go on and on about man whose plane was shot down during the Cold War in Russia. That pilot’s name: Francis Gary Powers. Born in 1929, Powers grew up in Pound and ...
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The U-2 incident, May, 1960: an American spy plane downed over Russia intensifies the cold war, by Fred J. Cook

Details the shooting down of a United States spy plane over Russia in 1960 and the effect of this incident on worldwide peace negotiations. https://siris-libraries.si ...