Editing Lockheed U-2 (section)

=====Hickman incident=====
On 28 July 1966, a U-2 piloted by USAF Captain Robert Hickman departed from [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] to conduct a reconnaissance mission; Hickman's orders included the requirement that he not enter Cuban airspace. As determined later by USAF investigators, trouble with the aircraft's oxygen system caused Hickman to lose consciousness. U.S. Navy pilot John Newlin, flying an [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4B]] assigned to VF-74, was scrambled from [[Naval Air Station Key West]], ordered to intercept Hickman before he violated Cuban airspace, and, if necessary, shoot him down. Newlin could not reach the U-2 before flying closer than 12&nbsp;miles from the Cuban coastline and so had to turn back. Hickman probably was dead from oxygen deprivation before the intercept was attempted.{{sfn|Newlin|2016}} Hickman's U-2 flew across Cuba, ran out of fuel and crashed into a mountainside near Llanquera, Bolivia. The Bolivian military gave his remains an [[Guard of honour|honor guard]] at a nearby chapel. The US embassy to Bolivia sent a team to investigate the crash site.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Desert Sun 30 July 1966 – California Digital Newspaper Collection|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19660730.2.4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|access-date=2021-01-25|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405200704/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19660730.2.4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1960 to 1965, U-2 flights originated or terminated on a nearly daily basis at [[Albrook Air Force Station|Albrook USAF base]]. In 1966, elements of the USAF's [[4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]] flew U-2s from Albrook to perform atmospheric sampling as the French detonated a nuclear device in the South Pacific.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}