The U-2 planes were used for making secret flights over the soviet union to take pictures. The soviet union quickly caught on to our U-2 Planes. Eisenhower wanted to discontinue U-2's to allow for negotiations with Khrushchev. But Francis Gary Powers made on last U-2 flight on May 1, 1960. Powers got shot down by a Soviet pilot and was taken prisoner. it was a very sticky situation because they weren't sure what could potentially happen to them. but it brought up higher risks with the Soviet Union.
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