{"slug": "lockheed-u-2", "label": "Lockheed U-2", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189064", "qid": "Q189064", "description": "1955 reconnaissance aircraft family by Lockheed", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1955, 1997], "span_label": ["1955 CE", "1997 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "soviet-union", "label": "Soviet Union", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "central-intelligence-agency", "label": "Central Intelligence Agency", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caribbean", "label": "Caribbean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-f-kennedy", "label": "John F. Kennedy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – The prototype Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft first flies, in Nevada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#August", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – An American Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft makes its first flight over the Soviet Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#July", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – The U-2 incident: Several Soviet surface-to-air missiles shoot down an American Lockheed U-2 spy plane. Its pilot, Francis Gary Powers of the Central Intelligence Agency, is captured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#May", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – The trial of American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#August", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Cuban Missile Crisis begins when U.S. President Kennedy is told of photographs (taken from U-2 flights) showing Soviet nuclear weapon installations being constructed on Cuba in the Caribbean. A stand-off ensues for 12 days between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#October", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 spy plane pilot (b. 1929)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371656780", "title": "Deaths in 1977", "revid": 1371656780, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq says it will begin shooting down Lockheed U-2 surveillance planes being used by UNSCOM inspectors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#October", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › October"}}]}