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==Aircraft on display== [[File:U2China.jpg|thumb|U-2C 56-6691 wreckage restored and on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, Beijing]] [[File:Francis Gary Powers U2 at Moscow.jpg|thumb|Part of the wreckage of ''56-6693'' (Article 360) on display in Moscow]] [[File:SmithsonianU2rightside.JPG|thumb|U-2 ''56-6680'' on display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]] in Washington, DC]] [[File:U2RobinsAFB.JPG|thumb|U-2 ''56-6682'' on display at the Museum of Aviation at [[Robins Air Force Base]], Georgia]] ===China=== ;U-2C * 56-6691 β wreckage is on display at the [[Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution]], Beijing. It has been re-assembled and is on display in the aircraft exhibit hall.<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan---Air/Lockheed-U-2C/0807795/&sid=809f8c0d8cac3fd0c53e813e7cc38a65 "Lockheed U-2/56-6691."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224027/http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan---Air/Lockheed-U-2C/0807795/%26sid%3D809f8c0d8cac3fd0c53e813e7cc38a65 |date=3 March 2016 }} ''Airliners.net.'' Retrieved: 18 June 2012</ref> This airframe, flown by the [[Republic of China Air Force]] pilot [[Chang Liyi|Jack Chang]], was downed on 10 January 1965, northwest of Beijing by a [[S-75 Dvina]] missile.<ref name="TPLoss"/> ===Cuba=== ;U-2F * 56-6676 β wreckage is on display at three museums in Cuba. It was flown by Major [[Rudolf Anderson]], USAF, and was shot down during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] on 27 October 1962 by a Soviet-supplied [[S-75 Dvina]] (NATO designation SA-2 Guideline) [[surface-to-air missile]] near [[Banes, Cuba]]. One of the engine intakes is at the Museo de la Lucha contra Bandidos in [[Plaza Mayor, Trinidad, Cuba|Trinidad]]. The engine and portion of the tail assembly are at the [[Museum of the Revolution (Cuba)|Museum of the Revolution]] in Havana. The right wing, a portion of the tail assembly, and front landing gear are at the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la CabaΓ±a, or La CabaΓ±a, Havana. The two latter groups of parts were previously displayed at the [[Museo del Aire (Cuba)|Museo del Aire]], Havana.<ref>[http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009509 "Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724024228/http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009509 |date=24 July 2013 }} ''U.S. Air Force.'' Retrieved: 18 October 2012.</ref> ===Norway=== ;U-2C * 56-6953 β [[Norwegian Aviation Museum]], [[BodΓΈ]]<ref>[https://www.norwegianaviationmuseum.com/lockheed-u2-1 "Lockheed U-2/56-6953."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820001502/https://www.norwegianaviationmuseum.com/lockheed-u2-1 |date=20 August 2022 }} ''Norwegian Aviation Museum''. Retrieved: 23 January 2013.</ref> ===Russia=== ;U-2C * 56-6693 β wreckage is on display at the Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow. It was flown by [[Francis Gary Powers]] and was [[1960 U-2 incident|shot down on 1 May 1960]] near [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]] (now Yekaterinburg).<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Central-Intelligence/Lockheed-U-2C/1315327/L/ "Lockheed U-2/56-6693."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108212009/http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Central-Intelligence/Lockheed-U-2C/1315327/L/ |date=8 November 2012 }} ''Airliners.net,'' June 2008. Retrieved: 3 June 2011.</ref> ===United Kingdom=== ;U-2CT * 56-6692 β [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]]<ref>[http://www.americanairmuseum.com/ "Lockheed U-2/56-6692."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112224813/http://americanairmuseum.com/ |date=12 November 2020 }} ''American Air Museum.'' Retrieved: 6 June 2012</ref>{{sfn|Ellis|2006|p=[https://archive.org/details/wrecksrelics0000elli/page/26 26]}} ===United States=== ;U-2A * 56-6722 β [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]], [[Wright-Patterson AFB]], [[Ohio]]<ref>[https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195974/lockheed-u-2a/ "Lockheed U-2A"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304111333/https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195974/lockheed-u-2a/ |date=4 March 2024}} ''National Museum of the USAF.'' Retrieved: 5 September 2015.</ref> ;U-2C * 56-6680 β [[National Air and Space Museum]] in Washington, DC<ref>[http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19820380000 "Lockheed U-2/56-6680."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821122334/http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19820380000 |date=21 August 2012 }} ''NASM.'' Retrieved: 6 June 2012</ref> * 56-6681 β [[Moffett Field Museum]], [[Moffett Federal Airfield]], [[Santa Clara County, California]]<ref name="WM56-6681">{{cite web |title=Lockheed U-2C β Mountain View, California β Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMVFY0_Lockheed_U_2C_Mountain_View_California |website=www.waymarking.com |access-date=1 December 2018 |date=13 April 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201005052/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMVFY0_Lockheed_U_2C_Mountain_View_California |url-status=live }}</ref> * 56-6701 β [[Strategic Air and Space Museum]], in [[Ashland, Nebraska]]<ref>[http://www.sasmuseum.com/2008/11/21/u-2c-dragon-lady/ "Lockheed U-2/56-6701."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504114227/http://www.sasmuseum.com/2008/11/21/u-2c-dragon-lady/ |date=4 May 2012 }} ''Strategic Air & Space Museum.''Retrieved: 6 June 2012</ref> * 56-6707 β [[Laughlin Air Force Base]], [[Texas]]<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cx=partner-pub-8297169501225184%3Aa05n2n-tzky&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=56-6707&sa=Submit&search_active=1&search=&sheadline=&search_field=datedesc&submit=&siteurl=www.airliners.net%2F&ref= "Lockheed U-2/56-6707."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820210642/https://www.airliners.net/search |date=20 August 2024 }} ''Airliners.net.'' Retrieved: 6 June 2012</ref> * 56-6716 β [[Hill Aerospace Museum]], [[Hill Air Force Base]], [[Utah]]<ref name="Lockheed U-2/56-6716.">"[https://www.key.aero/article/lockheed-u-2-dragon-lady-arrives-hill-aerospace-museum Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady Arrives at Hill Aerospace Museum.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208094515/https://www.key.aero/article/lockheed-u-2-dragon-lady-arrives-hill-aerospace-museum |date=8 December 2022 }}" ''Key.Aero.'' Retrieved: 5 March 2024</ref> ;U-2D * 56-6682 β [[Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)|Museum of Aviation]], [[Robins Air Force Base]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<ref>[http://www.museumofaviation.org/U2.php "Lockheed U-2/56-6682."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924011630/http://museumofaviation.org/U2.php |date=24 September 2010}} ''Museum of Aviation''. Retrieved: 6 June 2012</ref> * 56-6714 β [[Beale Air Force Base]], California<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Lockheed-U-2C/1807838/&sid=6d335355fcba126c9195e29eb295bb48 "Lockheed U-2/56-6714."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042641/http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Lockheed-U-2C/1807838/%26sid%3D6d335355fcba126c9195e29eb295bb48 |date=8 May 2014 }} ''Airliners.net.'' Retrieved: 6 June 2012</ref> * 56-6721 β Production Flight Test Installation [[Air Force Plant 42]] in [[Palmdale, California]]<ref>[https://flighttestmuseum.org/portfolio/lockheed-u-2d/ "Lockheed U-2/56-6721."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229090313/https://flighttestmuseum.org/portfolio/lockheed-u-2d/ |date=29 February 2024 }} ''flighttestmuseum.org.'' Retrieved: 5 March 2024</ref>
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