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1960 U-2 incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its remains (largely intact) and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Coming just over two weeks before the scheduled opening of an EastWest summit in Paris, the incident was a great embarrassment to the United States[1] and prompted a marked deterioration in its relations with the Soviet Union.
In July 1957, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower requested permission from Pakistani Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy for the U.S. to establish a secret U.S. intelligence facility in Pakistan and for the U-2 spyplane to fly from Pakistan. A facility established in Badaber (Peshawar Air Station), 10 miles (16 km) from Peshawar.Badaber was an excellent location because of its proximity to Soviet central Asia.
The u2 used to fly reconissiance missions over soviet union at altitude above 70000 feet. soviets were not able to intercept at this altitude. at this altitude even you can see the black color of the space.
It used to takeoff from BADABER(PESHAWAR).It took some very succcessful missions in cold war era.
AND THE RUSSIANS FINALLY SHOOT DOWN:
The mission was the 28th flight of Powers U-2 experience. He was to overfly and photograph two major missile test sites in the Soviet Union, en route to Bodo, Norway; one was at Sverdlovsk, the other, at Plesetsk. A heavy concentration of antiaircraft missile batteries guarded both sites.
The U-2's design allowed the aircraft to perform various missions, including mapping studies, atmospheric sampling, and the collection of crop and land management photographic data.
Russians recruited a peshawar citizen and trained him to get job as a technician.He was able after some years to get to the position of chief technician for U2 at badaber. He was responsible for malfunctioning some of the critical components of instrument panels and in flight U2 lost it's altitude certainly and was shotdown over russian airspace. One source says that Powers U-2, while on his fateful photo run at 67,000 feet (about 12.5 miles), was the target of a number of SA-2 surface-to-air missiles at his aircraft. Although the SA-2s could not gain the same altitude as the U-2, the aircraft broke up from the shock waves caused by the exploding missiles.
Powers managed to parachute to safety, but was arrested upon landing.At first americans claimed it to be a weather aircraft but after some years russians gave the proofs and disclosed the secret about pilot GARRY POWERS that he was alive.
Guys i would like you to pay tribute to this remarkable aircraft (still operational from 1957)
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its remains (largely intact) and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Coming just over two weeks before the scheduled opening of an EastWest summit in Paris, the incident was a great embarrassment to the United States[1] and prompted a marked deterioration in its relations with the Soviet Union.
In July 1957, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower requested permission from Pakistani Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy for the U.S. to establish a secret U.S. intelligence facility in Pakistan and for the U-2 spyplane to fly from Pakistan. A facility established in Badaber (Peshawar Air Station), 10 miles (16 km) from Peshawar.Badaber was an excellent location because of its proximity to Soviet central Asia.
The u2 used to fly reconissiance missions over soviet union at altitude above 70000 feet. soviets were not able to intercept at this altitude. at this altitude even you can see the black color of the space.
It used to takeoff from BADABER(PESHAWAR).It took some very succcessful missions in cold war era.
AND THE RUSSIANS FINALLY SHOOT DOWN:
The mission was the 28th flight of Powers U-2 experience. He was to overfly and photograph two major missile test sites in the Soviet Union, en route to Bodo, Norway; one was at Sverdlovsk, the other, at Plesetsk. A heavy concentration of antiaircraft missile batteries guarded both sites.
The U-2's design allowed the aircraft to perform various missions, including mapping studies, atmospheric sampling, and the collection of crop and land management photographic data.
Russians recruited a peshawar citizen and trained him to get job as a technician.He was able after some years to get to the position of chief technician for U2 at badaber. He was responsible for malfunctioning some of the critical components of instrument panels and in flight U2 lost it's altitude certainly and was shotdown over russian airspace. One source says that Powers U-2, while on his fateful photo run at 67,000 feet (about 12.5 miles), was the target of a number of SA-2 surface-to-air missiles at his aircraft. Although the SA-2s could not gain the same altitude as the U-2, the aircraft broke up from the shock waves caused by the exploding missiles.
Powers managed to parachute to safety, but was arrested upon landing.At first americans claimed it to be a weather aircraft but after some years russians gave the proofs and disclosed the secret about pilot GARRY POWERS that he was alive.
Guys i would like you to pay tribute to this remarkable aircraft (still operational from 1957)
