Today in military history: U-2 Spy Plane is Shot Down #Shorts

Today in military history: U-2 Spy Plane is Shot Down is Shot Down - On May 1st, Francis Gary Powers, a former Air Force Captain and Korean war veteran, was flying a CIA reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union when his U-2 was detected by Soviet Radar. Two aircraft, a MiG-19 and an unarmed Su-9, were launched to intercept. The MiG-19 couldn’t reach high-enough altitude to fire on the U-2. Meanwhile, the Su-9 was ordered to ram the spy plane, but failed due to differences in speed. #shorts

[유희석-ju]

This air observation and spying machine is still available. At that time, radar can't identify this model. In altitude, this can glide and hide in cloud. It's a very disguising and properly manufacture.

[admiralgeneralaladeen]

I thought during landing, U2 will scrape the titanium at the tip of the wing against tarmac. Hmm

[fromearth]

Iranian air defense intercepted u 2 over Persian gulf

[deme_ntia]

american engineering are weird asf
but german engineering are better ngl

[thomassorrels]

China has never shot down are you two that I know of but I could be wrong sometimes you never know and we'll never know