Summary: Back in 1997, on a sliver of land wedged between a gas station and a car park, a lone C130 Hercules could be found. It was mounted there near the entrance to the National Security Agency at Fort Mead in Maryland for a good reason. Not the original aircraft, as that crashed on foreign soil, it had been painted with the tail number 60528 to represent it.<br> <br> <br> The memorial to the crew of 60528<br> <br> <br> <br> The C130 airborne<br> <br> <br> <br> The plot of 60528 and the track of the intercepting fighters.<br> <br> <br> <br> A Mig 17<br> <br> <br> <br> Gun camera film from the attacking Mig17s<br> <br> <br> <br> Gun camera film from an attacking Mig 17 showing the C130 in flames<br> <br> <br> <br> The crash site of 60528<br> <br> <br> <br> A USN Neptune<br> <br> <br> <br> A Mig15<br> <br> <br> <br> An LA11<br> <br> <br> <br> An RAF Lincoln<br> <br> <br> <br> The U2 spy plane<br> <br> <br> <br> Gary Powers<br> <br> <br> <br> The memorial to the crew of the C130<br> <br> <br> <br> Arlington Cemetery<br> <br> <br> <br> Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the NSA, Soviet Defence Archives, 1Lt Kucharyaev, Soviet Air Force, Kirill Pisman, Adam Jones, Garry Goebel, RIA Novosti archive and IP Singh.<br> <br>
