Insiden U-2 1960

Pada 1 Mei 1960, sebuah pesawat mata-mata U-2 Amerika Serikat ditembak jatuh oleh Pasukan Pertahanan Udara Soviet saat melakukan fotografi udara di teritorial Soviet. Diterbangkan oleh pilot Francis Gary Powers, pesawat tersebut dihantam oleh sebuah misil permukaan udara S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) dan jatuh di dekat Sverdlovsk (sekarang Yekaterinburg). Powers berparasut dengan selamat dan ditangkap.

Insiden U-2 1960
Bagian dari the Cold War
Sebuah pesawat U-2 yang mirip dengan pesawat yang ditembak jatuh
Jenis	Pesawat ditembak jatuh
Lokasi	dekat Aramil, Oblast Sverdlovsk, Uni Soviet 56°43′35.73″N 60°59′9.61″E
Tujuan	Mencegat pesawat mata-mata U-2 Amerika
Tanggal	1 Mei 1960
Pelaksana	Pasukan Pertahanan Udara Soviet
Korban	1 Soviet (tembakan persahabatan) tewas

Bacaan tambahan

• Sergei N. Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower. State College, PA: Penn State Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-271-01927-7.
• Jay Miller. Lockheed U-2; Aerograph 3. Aerofax Inc., 1983 (paperback) ISBN 0-942548-04-3.
• Pickett, William B. (2007). "Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair: A Forty-six Year Retrospective". Dalam Clifford, J. Garry; Wilson, Theodore A. Presidents, Diplomats, and Other Mortals: Essays Honoring Robert H. Ferrell. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. hlm. 137-153. ISBN 978-0-8262-1747-9. 
• Chris Pocock. Dragon Lady; The History of the U-2 Spyplane. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1989 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-87938-393-0.
• Chris Pocock. 50 Years of the U-2; The Complete Illustrated History of the "Dragon Lady". Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7643-2346-1.
• Phil Taubman. Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN 0-684-85699-9.
• David M. Watry. Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014.
• Nigel West, Seven Spies Who Changed the World. London: Secker & Warburg, 1991 (hard cover). ISBN 978-0-436-56603-5. London: Mandarin, 1992 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-7493-0620-5.

Pranala luar

• The U-2 airplane incident Diarsipkan 2020-07-25 di Wayback Machine., according to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
• 1962 Russia frees US spy plane pilot
• Chelyabinsk-65/Ozersk
• The U-2 Spy Plane Incident Diarsipkan 2010-07-12 di Wayback Machine. – slideshow by Life magazine
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum – contains a number of artifacts and documents relating to the U-2 incident
• "The CIA and the U-2 Program" (1998) Diarsipkan 2009-08-05 di Wayback Machine. – Central Intelligence Agency
• Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow
• Film pendek U-2 Spy Trial. Ike Hits Powers Case Exploitation By Reds, 1960/08/18 (1960) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]
• Film pendek Russia, 1960/05/05 (1960) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]
• Film pendek News Highlights of 1960, 1960/12/31 (1960) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]
• Film pendek Summit Crisis. Mr. K. In Ugly Mood Over U-2 Incident, 1960/05/16 (1960) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]
• Film pendek Powers Case. Ike States Policy On Spies and Open Skies, 1960/05/12 (1960) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]