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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 captured alive, 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==
On October 14, a U-2 photographed nuclear missiles being constructed by the [[Soviet Union]], on the island of [[Cuba]]. As these missiles were not yet operational, it gave the United States the advantage of an early warning. U-2 flights continued to monitor the construction of the missiles. (For more information, see [[Cuban Missile Crisis]])
On October 14, 1962 a U-2 photographed nuclear missiles being constructed by the [[Soviet Union]], on the island of [[Cuba]]. As these missiles were not yet operational, it gave the United States the advantage of an early warning. U-2 flights continued to monitor the construction of the missiles. (For more information, see [[Cuban Missile Crisis]])
==Technical Specifications==
==Technical Specifications==