Has A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Ever Been Shot Down?

In service since 1956, the Lockheed U-2 spy plane has a long and storied history, with successful reconnaissance missions and its fair share of incidents. Built to snoop on the Soviets, the aircraft and its operators have found themselves on dangerous missions throughout the type’s almost 70-year operational historynot only in the territory of the former Soviet Union but also in Korea, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and China.