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May-Day: Eisenhower, Kruschev and the U-2 Affair Paula Wolfert a veritable who's who ofAuthor: Michael R. Beschloss Release Date: 01 01 1968 Details: Francis Gary Powers, discharged from the USAF in '56 as a captain, joined CIA's U 2 program. U 2s flew at over 70,000', invulnerable to Soviet anti aircraft weapons, taking high resolution photos from the stratosphere of military & other sites. Soviet intelligence had been aware of them since '56, but lacked counter measures 'til '60. Powers U 2, which departed from a military airbase in