States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio U-2C 56-6680 National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 56-6681 Moffett Field Historical Society Museum, Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, California 56-6701 Strategic Air and Space Museum, in Ashland, Nebraska 56-6707 Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas 56-6716 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona 56-6693 Fort Meade, Maryland, piece of wreckage is on display at the National Cryptologic Museum. It was flown by Gary Powers and was shot down on 1 May 1960 near Sverdlovsk. Presented to the Curator of the U.S. Cryptological Museum by the Russian government during the museum's inauguration. U-2D 56-6682 Museum of Aviation, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia 56-6714 Beale Air Force Base, California 56-6721 Production Flight Test Installation Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California Specifications (U-2S) In popular culture The image of a U-2 was used on the cover of the band Negativland's controversial 1991 EP titled U2. The TV series MythBusters featured the U-2 in the "Flights of Fantasy" episode during the 2015 season. The myth tested was that the U-2 was the most difficult plane to fly. While not coming to a consensus, the myth was found to be "plausible" because, among other things, the extremely bad field of vision during landing required a chase car to follow the plane to give the pilot additional visual references on the ground. See also References Notes Bibliography Cefaratt, Gill. Lockheed: The People Behind the Story. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing, 2002. . Dabrowski, Krzysztof Hunt for the U-2: Interceptions of Lockheed U-2 Reconnaissance Aircraft over the USSR, Cuba and People’s Republic of China, 1959-1968. Solihill, United Kingdom: Helion Books, 2021. . Donald, David, ed. "U-2 The Second Generation". Black Jets. Westport, Connecticut USA: AIRtime, 2003. . Donald, David, ed. "Lockheed U-2". The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. . Eden, Paul, ed. The Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft. London: Amber Books, 2004. . Ellis, Ken. Wrecks & Relics, 22nd ed. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing, 2010. . Fensch, Thomas. The CIA and the U-2 Program: 1954–1974. Chula Vista, California USA: New Century Books, 2001. . Frawley, Gerard. The International Directory of Military Aircraft. Fyshwick, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 2002. . Heppenheimer, T.A. The Space Shuttle Decision. Washington, DC: NASA, 1998. Hobson, Chris. Vietnam Air Losses, USAF, USN, USMC, Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia 1961–1973. North Branch, Minnesota USA: Specialty Press, 2001. . Jenkins, Dennis