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→Overflight Missions
Numerous reconnaissance missions were flown at later dates, with some venturing over the [[USSR]].
Numerous reconnaissance missions were flown at later dates, with some venturing over the [[USSR]].
In one mission over the USSR, flown by [[Francis Gary Powers]], a Surface-To Air Missile was launched, disabling the aircraft. Powers escaped and was taken prisoner by the Soviet Union.<ref>Operation Overflight - Francis Gary Powers</ref> (For more information, see [[Francis Gary Powers]])
In one mission over the USSR, flown by [[Francis Gary Powers]], a Surface-To Air Missile was launched, disabling the aircraft. Powers was taken captured, and tried and sentenced to 10 years for [[espionage]] by the Soviet Union.<ref>Operation Overflight - Francis Gary Powers</ref> (For more information, see [[Francis Gary Powers]])
==Cuban Missile Crisis==
==Cuban Missile Crisis==