 One of the most famous of these is the 1960 U-2 incident when the Soviets shot down a Lockheed U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union in May 1960.On 28 January 1964, an unarmed USAF North American T-39A Sabreliner twin engine jet trainer, "62-4448", of the 7101st Air Base Wing, departed Wiesbaden, West Germany, at 14