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PROJECT ‘JACKSON’
RAF AND THE U-2 While the May Day 1960 shootdown of Francis Gary Powers’ aircraft may have spelt an end to Central Intelligence Agency — or any other — Lockheed U-2 overflights of the Soviet Union, the British still wanted to be part of the programme. In the second half of our two-part feature, we zexamine the Project ‘Jackson’ years PART TWO (Missed part one? Read it here first) KEEPING BRITAIN IN THE U-2 GAME It took about a month

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