OLD news event.. please refresh my memory

Factual Questions
1

I vaguely remember this event but the major details escape me…
I do remember the fact that I never heard any follow-up stories…
1.One of our spy planes either crashed or was shot down by another country…

2.There was a problem getting the plane back…

  1. They destroyed or stole the spying equipment.
    Where did this event take place???
    What was the conclusion to the story???

God, I hate getting OLD…

:frowning:

2

Our spy plane collided with a Chinese jet, and had to land in China.

3

It wasn’t that long ago: U.S. Spy Plane in China.

4

Gary Power’s U2, shot down by the Soviets back in 1960 ?

5

You’re probably thinking about the U2 crisis in 1960 when Gary Powers was conducting a spying mission over Russia. He was flying a U2 plane.

6

Thanks so much!! I knew somebody on here would know.
You guys are awesome…
Yep, it was the China story…

Yes, I know it wasn’t that long ago… but unless I looked down, I probably couldn’t tell you what clothes I put on this morning…
While reading about Iraq “destroying” some of their weapons I had a flashback about this event, but not enough details to do a search…

Thanks again…