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title: U-2 Incident
aliases:
- U-2 Incident
- U-2 Affair
- Powers Incident
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
category: "Intelligence Scandal"
tags:
- Event
- Cold War
- ColdWar
- Espionage
category: "Intelligence Scandal"
- 1960s
summary: "1960 shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, causing a major diplomatic crisis and collapse of the Paris Summit."
date: 1960-05-01
start: 1960-05-01
location: "Soviet Union"
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The [[U-2 Spy Plane|U-2]] Incident refers to the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over the [[Soviet Union]] on May 1, 1960. The incident, involving pilot [[Gary Francis Powers]], caused a major international crisis and led to the ruin of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]]'s Paris summit meeting scheduled for a few weeks later. It also prompted Eisenhower to order an end to all reconnaissance flights over [[Russia]].[^1]