RFE/RL
On May 5, 1960, the world first heard the news that an American aircraft had been shot down over Russia.
Officials in Washington initially claimed the plane was an unarmed weather research plane.
(This RFE/RL article can be found in its entirety here:
http://www.rferl.org/content/F... )
Fifty Years Later, Gary Powers and U-2 Spy Plane Incident Remembered
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